Vosmaeropsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Leucosolenida
Family: Heteropiidae
Genus: Vosmaeropsis
Dendy, 1893[1][2]

Vosmaeropsis is a genus of sponges in the family, Heteropiidae,[1] and was first described in 1893 by Arthur Dendy.[1][2] The type species by subsequent designation is Vosmaeropsis macera (Carter, 1886).[3]

Distribution

GBIF with just 25 georeferenced specimens in this genus, shows it with an apparent world-wide distribution.[4] The Australian Faunal Directory shows as being found on/off the coast of Victoria, and the coasts of north-west and south-west Western Australia.[1]

Accepted species

(according to WoRMS)[3]

  • Vosmaeropsis complanatispinifera Cavalcanti, Bastos & Lanna, 2015
  • Vosmaeropsis connexiva (Poléjaeff, 1883)
  • Vosmaeropsis cyathus (Verrill, 1873)
  • Vosmaeropsis depressa Dendy, 1893
  • Vosmaeropsis gardineri Ferrer-Hernandez, 1916
  • Vosmaeropsis glebula Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
  • Vosmaeropsis grisea Tanita, 1939
  • Vosmaeropsis hispanica Ferrer Hernández, 1933
  • Vosmaeropsis hozawai Borojevic & Klautau, 2000
  • Vosmaeropsis inflata Tanita, 1942
  • Vosmaeropsis japonica Hôzawa, 1929
  • Vosmaeropsis levis Hôzawa, 1940
  • Vosmaeropsis macera (Carter, 1886)
  • Vosmaeropsis mackinnoni Dendy & Frederick, 1924
  • Vosmaeropsis maculata Hôzawa, 1929
  • Vosmaeropsis oruetai Ferrer-Hernández, 1918
  • Vosmaeropsis ovata Tanita, 1942
  • Vosmaeropsis recruta Cavalcanti, Bastos & Lanna, 2015
  • Vosmaeropsis sasakii Hôzawa, 1929
  • Vosmaeropsis sericata (Ridley, 1881)
  • Vosmaeropsis simplex Hôzawa, 1940
  • Vosmaeropsis spinosa Tanita, 1943
  • Vosmaeropsis triradiata Hôzawa, 1940
  • Vosmaeropsis wilsoni Dendy, 1893

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Australian Faunal Directory: Vosmaeropsis". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 Dendy, A. (1893). "Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela, with a proposed classification of the group and descriptions of some new genera and species". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. New Series. 5: 69–116 [76].
  3. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Vosmaeropsis Dendy, 1893". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. "Vosmaeropsis Dendy, 1893". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 October 2020.


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