Ciocalypta is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Halichondriidae.[1][2][3][4]

Ciocalypta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Suberitida
Family: Halichondriidae
Genus: Ciocalypta
Bowerbank, 1862
Type species
Ciocalypta penicillus
Bowerbank, 1862
Synonyms[1]
  • Coelocalypta Topsent, 1928
  • Collocalypta Dendy, 1905
  • Leucophloeus Carter, 1883
  • Pseudohymeniacidon Carballo, 2001

Species edit

As of September 2020, the World Register of Marine Species lists 27 species in the genus Ciocalypta:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Van Soest, R.W.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schönberg, C.; Klautau, M.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P.; Carballo, J.L.; Ríos, P.; Downey, R.; Morrow, C.C. (2020). World Porifera Database. Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131804 on 2020-09-15
  2. ^ "Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Ciocalypta". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Taxonomy browser (Ciocalypta)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 15 September 2020.