Subgenus Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) Thomson, 1873

Museums

Regional Maps

• Coelosphaera Thomson, C.W. 1873. The Depths of the Sea. London : [publisher unknown] 527 pp. pls 1-7. [484].

  Type species:

   Coelosphaera tubifex Thomson, 1873 by monotypy.
• Sideroderma Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 325-351, 470-493 [348] [junior homonym of Sideroderma Peters, 1871 (Mammalia)].

  Type species:

   Crella navicelligera Ridley, 1885 by monotypy.
• Siderodermella Dendy, A. 1922. Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. Sealark in the Indian Ocean. In Report of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. Vol. 7. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 18: 1-164 pls 1-18 [105] [nom. nov. for Sideroderma Ridley & Dendy, 1886; junior homonym of Sideroderma Peters, 1871 (Mammalia)].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dendy, A. 1922. Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. Sealark in the Indian Ocean. In Report of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. Vol. 7. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 18: 1-164 pls 1-18 [28]

Distribution

Diagnosis

Coelosphaera without echinating acanthostyles.

ID Keys

See Genus Coelosphaera Diagnosis

Diagnosis References

van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. pp. 528-546 in Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera: A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 1. [531]

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