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

Crella (Grayella) Carter, 1869

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Grayella Carter, 1869

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Crella*	Gray, 1867	accepted genus name

Children

Crella (Grayella) carnosa (Topsent, 1904)
Crella (Grayella) polymastia (Thiele, 1903)
Crella (Grayella) pulvinar (Schmidt, 1868)

Literature

original description	Carter, H.J. (1869). On Grayella cyathophora, a new Genus and Species of Sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 4 (21): 189-197, pl. VII.
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. (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).
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Crellidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 556-566. 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).

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. Crella (Grayella) Carter, 1869. 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:169052