Cladorhiza

Cladorhiza
	An undescribed species off the coast of New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Poecilosclerida
Family:	Cladorhizidae
Genus:	Cladorhiza; Sars, 1872
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	List Axoniderma Ridley & Dendy, 1887; Cladorrhiza [lapsus]; Exaxinata Laubenfels, 1936; Raoa Laubenfels, 1936; Trochoderma Ridley & Dendy, 1886;

Cladorhiza is a genus of carnivorous sponges, comprising around 40 species found in oceans around the world. Cladorhiza is the type genus of the family Cladorhizidae.

Description[]

Species of Cladorhiza occur in a diverse range of shapes, some ranging from globular to spherical to conical, with others attaining a tree-like or bush-like appearance. Many species have a narrow stalk or stem. Most species range from 2 to 12 cm in height, with a few attaining heights of 20 to 40 cm.^[1]

Species[]

As of 2014, 40 valid species of Cladorhiza are recognized.^[2]

Sars, 1872
Hestetun, Fourt, Vacelet, Boury-Esnault & Rapp, 2015
Koltun, 1959
Koltun, 1955
Cladorhiza caillieti Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2014
Göcke, Hestetun, Uhlir, Freiwald, Beuck & Janussen, 2016
Lehnert, Watling & Stone, 2005
Carter, 1876
Kieschnick, 1896
Lopes & Hajdu, 2014
Lévi, 1964
Cladorhiza evae Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2014
Topsent, 1909
(Lambe, 1900)
Lundbeck, 1905
Topsent, 1909
Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2017
Lundbeck, 1905
Cladorhiza inversa Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Hestetun, Tompkins-Macdonald & Rapp, 2017
Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2017
Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Koltun, 1964
Vacelet & Boury-Esnault, 2002
Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2017
Lévi, 1964
(Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Lévi, 1964
Castello-Branco, Hestetun, Rapp & Hajdu, 2016
Lundbeck, 1905
Göcke & Janussen, 2013
Dendy, 1887
Reiswig & Lee, 2007
Ridley & Dendy, 1887
Goodwin, Berman, Downey & Hendry, 2017
Lévi, 1993
Cladorhiza segonzaci Vacelet, 2006
Koltun, 1970
Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Lundbeck, 1905
Topsent, 1909
Ridley & Dendy, 1886

External links[]

Merrick Ekins, Dirk Erpenbeck, Lisa Goudie, John N. A. Hooper: New carnivorous sponges and allied species from the Great Australian Bight. In: ZooTaxa Volume 4878, No. 2. Jan 2021. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.2.

References[]

^ Lehnert, H.; Watling, Les & Stone, R. (2005). "Cladorhiza corona sp. nov. (Porifera : Demospongiae : Cladorhizidae) from the Aleutian Islands (Alaska)". J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U. K. 85: 1359–1366. doi:10.1017/s0025315405012531.
^ van Soest, R. (2014). Cladorhiza Sars, 1872. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131895 on 2014-04-20.

[Lehnert_et_al_2005-1] Lehnert, H.; Watling, Les & Stone, R. (2005). "Cladorhiza corona sp. nov. (Porifera : Demospongiae : Cladorhizidae) from the Aleutian Islands (Alaska)". J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U. K. 85: 1359–1366. doi:10.1017/s0025315405012531.

[2] van Soest, R. (2014). Cladorhiza Sars, 1872. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131895 on 2014-04-20.

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