Genus of sponges
Arturia
Arthuria tubuloreticulosa
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Calcarea
Order:
Clathrinida
Family:
Clathrinidae
Genus:
Arturia Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017
Synonyms
Arthuria Klautau, Azevedo, Cóndor-Luján, Rapp, Collins & Russo, 2013
Arturia is a genus of calcareous sponge in the family Clathrinidae which contains 14 species.[ 1] It is named after Arthur Dendy , a prominent researcher of calcareous sponges.[ 2] It was renamed Arturia in 2017 because the name Arthuria was already assigned to a genus of molluscs.[ 3]
^ Arturia Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 January 2019.
^ Klautau, M.; Azevedo, F.; Condor-Lujan, B.; Rapp, H. T.; Collins, A.; Russo, C. A. d. M. (23 May 2013). "A Molecular Phylogeny for the Order Clathrinida Rekindles and Refines Haeckel's Taxonomic Proposal for Calcareous Sponges" . Integrative and Comparative Biology . 53 (3): 447–461. doi :10.1093/icb/ict039 . PMID 23704365 .
^ Azevedo, F.; Padua, A.; Moraes, F.; Rossi, A.; Muricy, G.; Klautau, M. (2017). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of calcareous sponges (Porifera: Calcarea: Calcinea) from Brazilian mid-shelf and oceanic islands". Zootaxa . 4311 (3): 301–344. doi :10.11646/zootaxa.4311.3.1 .