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Vulcanella Sollas, 1886 
AphiaID: 170325

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Vulcanellidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Sphinctrella horrida Schmidt, 1870 (type by original designation)
Typetaxon of  Vulcanellidae Cárdenas, Xavier, Reveillaud, Schander & Rapp, 2011
Parent Vulcanellidae Cárdenas, Xavier, Reveillaud, Schander & Rapp, 2011
Synonymised
taxa		  Sphincterella de Laubenfels, 1936 (junior synonym)
 Sphinctrella Schmidt, 1870 (preoccupied)
 Vulcanella (Vulcanella) Sollas, 1886
Sources  original description: Sollas, W.J. 1886a. Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’ 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series) 5:177-199. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Maldonado,M.,2002. Family Pachastrellidae. Pp.141-162. In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York, 1708 pp. [details]

source of synonymy: Cárdenas P, Xavier JR, Reveillaud J, Schander C, Rapp HT (2011) Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiae) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. PLoS ONE 6(4) , available online at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0018318 [details] [full text]

from synonym: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936a. A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper N° 467) 30: 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Schmidt, O. 1870. Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Vulcanella aberrans (Maldonado & Uriz, 1996)
Species Vulcanella acanthoxea (Tanita & Hoshino, 1989)
Species Vulcanella bifacialis (Wilson, 1925)
Species Vulcanella cribrifera (Sollas, 1886)
Species Vulcanella cribriporosa (Lebwohl, 1914)
Species Vulcanella doederleini (Thiele, 1898)
Species Vulcanella gracilis (Sollas, 1888)
Species Vulcanella horrida (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Vulcanella netheides (Lebwohl, 1914)
Species Vulcanella orthotriaena (Lévi & Lévi, 1983)
Species Vulcanella osculanigera (Dickinson, 1945)
Species Vulcanella porosa (Lebwohl, 1914)
Species Vulcanella theneides (Burton, 1959)
Species Vulcanella tricornis (Wilson, 1904)

Subgenus Vulcanella (Annulastrella) Maldonado, 2002 accepted as Annulastrella Maldonado, 2002
  » Species Vulcanella (Annulastrella) annulata (Carter, 1880) accepted as Annulastrella annulata (Carter, 1880)
» Species Vulcanella (Annulastrella) ornata (Sollas, 1888) accepted as Annulastrella ornata (Sollas, 1888)
» Species Vulcanella (Annulastrella) schmidti Maldonado, 2002 accepted as Annulastrella schmidti Maldonado, 2002
» Species Vulcanella (Annulastrella) verrucolosa (Pulitzer-Finali, 1983) accepted as Annulastrella verrucolosa (Pulitzer-Finali, 1983)
Subgenus Vulcanella (Vulcanella) Sollas, 1886 accepted as Vulcanella Sollas, 1886
  » Species Vulcanella (Vulcanella) aberrans (Maldonado & Uriz, 1996) accepted as Vulcanella aberrans (Maldonado & Uriz, 1996)
» Species Vulcanella (Vulcanella) acanthoxea (Tanita & Hoshino, 1989) accepted as Vulcanella acanthoxea (Tanita & Hoshino, 1989)
» Species Vulcanella (Vulcanella) armata (Hanitsch, 1895) accepted as Characella tripodaria (Schmidt, 1868)
» Species Vulcanella (Vulcanella) bifacialis (Wilson, 1925) accepted as Vulcanella bifacialis (Wilson, 1925)
» Species Vulcanella (Vulcanella) cribrifera (Sollas, 1886) accepted as Vulcanella cribrifera (Sollas, 1886)
» Species Vulcanella (Vulcanella) cribriporosa (Lebwohl, 1914) accepted as Vulcanella cribriporosa (Lebwohl, 1914)
» Species Vulcanella (Vulcanella) doederleini (Thiele, 1898) accepted as Vulcanella doederleini (Thiele, 1898)
» Species Vulcanella (Vulcanella) gracilis (Sollas, 1888) accepted as Vulcanella gracilis (Sollas, 1888)
» Species Vulcanella (Vulcanella) horrida (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Vulcanella horrida (Schmidt, 1870)
» Species Vulcanella (Vulcanella) linaresi (Ferrer-Hernandez, 1914) accepted as Characella tripodaria (Schmidt, 1868)
» Species Vulcanella (Vulcanella) netheides (Lebwohl, 1914) accepted as Vulcanella netheides (Lebwohl, 1914)
» Species Vulcanella (Vulcanella) orthotriaena (Lévi & Lévi, 1983) accepted as Vulcanella orthotriaena (Lévi & Lévi, 1983)
» Species Vulcanella (Vulcanella) osculanigera (Dickinson, 1945) accepted as Vulcanella osculanigera (Dickinson, 1945)
» Species Vulcanella (Vulcanella) porosa (Lebwohl, 1914) accepted as Vulcanella porosa (Lebwohl, 1914)
» Species Vulcanella (Vulcanella) theneides (Burton, 1959) accepted as Vulcanella theneides (Burton, 1959)
» Species Vulcanella (Vulcanella) tricornis (Wilson, 1904) accepted as Vulcanella tricornis (Wilson, 1904)
Species Vulcanella schmidti Maldonado, 2002 accepted as Annulastrella schmidti Maldonado, 2002
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170325
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2005-12-14 09:30:02Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
2011-01-23 14:32:27Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2012-04-19 09:30:54Z  changed  Boury-Esnault, Nicole
  
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  Citation: Boury-Esnault, N.; van Soest, R. (2013). Vulcanella Sollas, 1886. 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. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170325 on 2013-05-21
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