Crella (Pytheas) Topsent, 1890 
AphiaID: 169063

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillina (Suborder) > Crellidae (Family) > Crella (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Subgenus
Typetaxon		Pytheas atra Topsent, 1890 (type by original designation)
Parent		Crella Gray, 1867
Synonymised taxa		Crellinspira de Laubenfels, 1936 (junior synonym) Naniupi de Laubenfels, 1950 (junior synonym) Pytheas Topsent, 1890 (subgenus transfer) Ramosichela de Laubenfels, 1950 (junior synonym)
Sources		original description: Topsent, E. 1890b. Notice préliminaire sur les spongiaires recueillis durant les campagnes de l'Hirondelle. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France (15): 26-32, 65-71. [details] [full text] basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Crellidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 556-566. 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: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS) [details] 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: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1950b. The Sponges of Kaneohe Bay, Oahu.Pacific Science 4(1): 3-36. [details] [view taxon] 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]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Crella (Pytheas) affinis (Brøndsted, 1924) Species Crella (Pytheas) akraleitae (Brøndsted, 1932) Species Crella (Pytheas) alba (Vacelet, 1969) Species Crella (Pytheas) atra (Topsent, 1890) Species Crella (Pytheas) basispinosa Burton, 1931 Species Crella (Pytheas) chelifera van Soest, 1984 Species Crella (Pytheas) crassa (Hentschel, 1914) Species Crella (Pytheas) digitifera (Lévi, 1959) Species Crella (Pytheas) donsi Burton, 1931 Species Crella (Pytheas) fristedti (Dendy, 1924) Species Crella (Pytheas) fusifera Sarà, 1969 Species Crella (Pytheas) jaegerskioeldi Alander, 1937 Species Crella (Pytheas) novaezealandiae (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988) Species Crella (Pytheas) plana Picton & Goodwin, 2007 Species Crella (Pytheas) schottlaenderi (Arndt, 1913) Species Crella (Pytheas) sigmata Topsent, 1925 Species Crella (Pytheas) stylifera Hentschel, 1914 Species Crella (Pytheas) ula (de Laubenfels, 1950)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Link		To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169063
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2005-07-15 06:59:14Z   changed   Espinel, Nadjejda 2008-01-09 09:22:15Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2010-07-12 18:10:48Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Crella (Pytheas) Topsent, 1890. 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=169063 on 2013-05-23