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

Crella (Pytheas) Topsent, 1890

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Crella*	Gray, 1867	accepted genus name

Children

Crella (Pytheas) akraleitae (Brøndsted, 1932)
Crella (Pytheas) alba (Vacelet, 1969)
Crella (Pytheas) atra (Topsent, 1890)
Crella (Pytheas) basispinosa Burton, 1931
Crella (Pytheas) digitifera (Lévi, 1959)
Crella (Pytheas) donsi Burton, 1931
Crella (Pytheas) fusifera Sarà, 1969
Crella (Pytheas) jaegerskioeldi Alander, 1937
Crella (Pytheas) plana Picton & Goodwin, 2007
Crella (Pytheas) schottlaenderi (Arndt, 1913)
Crella (Pytheas) sigmata Topsent, 1925

Literature

original description	Topsent, E. (1890). Notice préliminaire sur les spongiaires recueillis durant les campagnes de l'Hirondelle. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. 15: 26-32, 65-71.
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).
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114.

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 (Pytheas) Topsent, 1890. 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:169063