Sceptrella Schmidt, 1870 
AphiaID: 132041

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Latrunculina (Suborder) > Latrunculiidae (Family)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Sceptrella regalis Schmidt, 1870 (type by monotypy)
Parent		Latrunculiidae Topsent, 1922
Sources		original description: Schmidt, O. 1870. Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. [details] [full text] basis of record: Samaai, T.; Kelly, M. 2002. Family Latrunculiidae Topsent, 1922. Pp. 708-720. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] [full text] additional source: 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]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Sceptrella biannulata (Topsent, 1892) Species Sceptrella insignis (Topsent, 1890) Species Sceptrella regalis Schmidt, 1870 Species Sceptrella normani (Stephens, 1915) accepted as Neopodospongia normani (Stephens, 1915) Species Sceptrella regularis (Topsent) accepted as Sceptrella regalis Schmidt, 1870 Species Sceptrella triloba Schmidt, 1875 accepted as Latrunculia triloba (Schmidt, 1875)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132041
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2010-05-31 13:43:21Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Sceptrella Schmidt, 1870. 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: 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 at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=132041 on 2013-06-20