Trichogypsia

Trichogypsia is a genus of calcareous sponges in the order Baerida.

Trichogypsia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Baerida
Family: Trichogypsiidae
Genus: Trichogypsia
Carter, 1871[1]
Type species
Trichogypsia villosa
Carter, 1871
Synonyms[2]
  • Sycolepis Haeckel, 1869 [nomen oblitum]

Taxonomy

The following species are recognised in the genus Trichogypsia:

  • Trichogypsia alaskensis Lehnert & Stone, 2017
  • Trichogypsia incrustans (Haeckel, 1872)
  • Trichogypsia villosa Carter, 1871

References

  1. Carter, H. J. (1871). "A Description of two new Calcispongiæ, to which is added Confirmation of Prof. James-Clark's Discovery of the True Form of the Sponge-cell (Animal), and an Account of the Polype-like Pore-area of Cliona corallinoides contrasted with Prof. E. Häckel's View on the Relationship of the Sponges to the Corals". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 4. 8 (43): 1–3. doi:10.1080/00222937108696422.
  2. van Soest, Rob (2009). Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J (eds.). "Trichogypsia Carter, 1871". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 30, 2017.


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