Porifera taxon details
Calthropellinae von Lendenfeld, 1907
597595 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597595)
accepted
Subfamily
Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907 · unaccepted (family transfer)
- Genus Calthropella Sollas, 1888
- Genus Corticella Sollas, 1888 accepted as Calthropella (Corticellopsis) Bergquist, 1968 (preoccupied)
- Genus Corticellopsis Bergquist, 1968 accepted as Calthropella (Corticellopsis) Bergquist, 1968 (status change)
- Genus Pachastrissa Lendenfeld, 1903 accepted as Calthropella (Calthropella) Sollas, 1888 (junior synonym)
- Genus Pachataxa de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Calthropella (Pachataxa) de Laubenfels, 1936 (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lendenfeld, R. von. (1907). Die Tetraxonia. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf der Dampfer Valdivia 1898-1899.</em> 11(1-2): i-iv, 59-374, pls IX-XLVI. [details] 
Taxonomy Cardenas et al. 2012 reassigned Calthropellidae as a subfamily of the Geodiidae based on molecular sequence data. In the...
Taxonomy Cardenas et al. 2012 reassigned Calthropellidae as a subfamily of the Geodiidae based on molecular sequence data. In the absence of clear morphological support for this reassignment we will await further confirmation of this and for the time being consider the subfamily Calthropellinae a temporary taxon (q.v.) (May 2012). [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Calthropellinae von Lendenfeld, 1907. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=597595 on 2025-04-26
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Lendenfeld, R. von. (1907). Die Tetraxonia. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf der Dampfer Valdivia 1898-1899.</em> 11(1-2): i-iv, 59-374, pls IX-XLVI. [details]
original description (of Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1907). Die Tetraxonia. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf der Dampfer Valdivia 1898-1899.</em> 11(1-2): i-iv, 59-374, pls IX-XLVI. [details]
basis of record Cárdenas, P.; Rapp, H.T.; Schander, C.; Tendal, O.S. (2010). Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of the Geodiidae (Porifera,Demospongiae, Astrophorida) - combining phylogenetic and Linnaean classification. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 39 (1): 89-106., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2009.00402.x [details] Available for editors
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basis of record (of Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; de Voogd, N.J. (2010). Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho-)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida). <em>Zookeys.</em> 68: 1-88. [details]
additional source (of Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1906. Pp. 127-133. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source (of Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1906. Pp. 127-133. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy (of Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907) Cárdenas, P.; Xavier, J.R.; Reveillaud, J.; Schander, C.; Rapp, H.T. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiaep) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 6 (4), e18318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018318 [details]
original description (of Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1907). Die Tetraxonia. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf der Dampfer Valdivia 1898-1899.</em> 11(1-2): i-iv, 59-374, pls IX-XLVI. [details]
basis of record Cárdenas, P.; Rapp, H.T.; Schander, C.; Tendal, O.S. (2010). Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of the Geodiidae (Porifera,Demospongiae, Astrophorida) - combining phylogenetic and Linnaean classification. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 39 (1): 89-106., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2009.00402.x [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record (of Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; de Voogd, N.J. (2010). Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho-)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida). <em>Zookeys.</em> 68: 1-88. [details]
additional source (of Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1906. Pp. 127-133. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source (of Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1906. Pp. 127-133. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy (of Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907) Cárdenas, P.; Xavier, J.R.; Reveillaud, J.; Schander, C.; Rapp, H.T. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiaep) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 6 (4), e18318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018318 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Cardenas et al. 2012 reassigned Calthropellidae as a subfamily of the Geodiidae based on molecular sequence data. In the absence of clear morphological support for this reassignment we will await further confirmation of this and for the time being consider the subfamily Calthropellinae a temporary taxon (q.v.) (May 2012). [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calthropellidae) (from synonym Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907)
To Genbank (from synonym Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907)
To Genbank (from synonym Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907)
