Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Poecilosclerida > Family Coelosphaeridae > Genus Coelosphaera

Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) Thomson, 1873

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Coelosphaera*	Thomson, 1873	accepted genus name

Subgenus group names

*Histoderma*	Carter, 1874	synonym

Children

Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) macrosigma (Topsent, 1890)
Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) peltata (Topsent, 1904)
Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) phlyctenodes (Carter, 1876)
Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) physa (Schmidt, 1875)
Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) picoensis Topsent, 1928
Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) tubifex Thomson, 1873
Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) tunicata (Schmidt, 1870)

Literature

original description	Thomson, C.W. (1873). The Depth of the Sea. An Account of the General Results of the Dredging Cruises of the H.M.SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning During the Summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870, Under the Scientific Direction of Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S. and Dr. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Macmillan and Co.: London, xxi + 527 pp., pls. I-VIII.
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 528-546. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 528-546. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).

Genbank

Citation

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. Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) Thomson, 1873. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168816