Ernstia
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| Illustration of Ernstia gracilis by Ernst Haeckel | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Calcarea |
| Order: | Clathrinida |
| Family: | Clathrinidae |
| Genus: | Ernstia Klautau, Azevedo, Cóndor-Luján, Rapp, Collins & Russo, 2013 |
Ernstia is a genus of calcareous sponges in the family Clathrinidae. The genus was erected in 2013 to contain five species previously assigned to Clathrina. The genus name honors German naturalist Ernst Haeckel for his contributions towards sponge taxonomy and phylogeny.[1][2]
Species[]
- Fontana, Cóndor-Luján, Azevedo, Pérez & Klautau, 2018
- Voigt, Erpenbeck & Wörheide, 2017
- Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015
- Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017
- Ernstia cordata (Haeckel, 1872)
- Ernstia gracilis (Haeckel, 1872)
- Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015
- Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015
- Ernstia laxa (Kirk, 1896)
- Ernstia minoricensis (Lackschewitz, 1886)
- Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017
- Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015
- Ernstia quadriradiata (Klautau & Borojevic, 2001)
- Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017
- Ernstia sagamiana (Hôzawa, 1929)
- Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017
- Ernstia septentrionalis (Rapp, Klautau & Valentine, 2001)
- Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017
- Ernstia tetractina (Klautau & Borojevic, 2001)
References[]
- ^ Klautau, M.; Azevedo, F.; Condor-Lujan, B.; Rapp, H. T.; Collins, A.; Russo, C. A. d. M. (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.
- ^ World Register of Marine Species entry
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