Grayella cyathophora Carter, 1869 
AphiaID: 234235

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

Status		unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Crella (Grayella) cyathophora Carter, 1869
Rank		Species
Typetaxon of		Crella (Grayella) Carter, 1869 Grayella Carter, 1869
Parent		Grayella Carter, 1869 accepted as Crella (Grayella) Carter, 1869
Sources		original description: Carter, H.J. 1869b. On Grayella cyathophora, a new Genus and Species of Sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 4 (21): 189-197, pl. VII. [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: Pulitzer-Finali, G. 1993. A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 89: 247-350. [details] source of synonymy: Lévi, C. 1961a. Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la ‘Calypso’.Campagne 1954 dans l’Océan Indien (suite). 2. Les spongiaires de l’Ile Aldabra. Annales de l’Institut océanographique 39(1): 1-32, pls 1-2. [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Aldabra [details] North Kenya Banks [details] Northern and Central Red Sea [details] Red Sea [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) To ITIS
Notes		Misspelled by Levi (1958) as Grayella cyatophora. [details] Holotype: BMNH 1869.6.25.48 [details] Type locality: Gulf of Suez, Red Sea [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234235
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2006-11-06 11:36:16Z   created   Nsiangango, Silvi Edith 2007-04-07 12:52:30Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Grayella cyathophora Carter, 1869. 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=234235 on 2013-05-19