Arturia (sponge)

Arturia
Arthuria tubuloreticulosa
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

  1. ^ Arturia Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 January 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.