Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Clionaida > Family Clionaidae > Genus Volzia

Volzia albicans (Volz, 1939)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cliona Grant, 1826

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Volzia*	Rosell & Uriz, 1997	accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record	Rosell, D.; Uriz, M.J. (1997). Phylogenetic Relationships within the Excavating Hadromerida (Porifera), with a Systematic Revision. Cladistics. 13 (4): 349-366.
additional source	Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. Marine Biodiversity. 48(4): 2151-2163.
additional source	Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. 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 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
additional source	Evcen, A.; Cinar, M.E. (2015). Bioeroding sponge species (Porifera) in the Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean). J. Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment. 21 (3): 285-306.
additional source	Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. 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 + xvliii. 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. Volzia albicans (Volz, 1939). 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:170580