Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Tetractinellida > Suborder Astrophorina > Family Corallistidae > Genus Corallistes

Corallistes masoni (Bowerbank, 1869)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Dactylocalyx Stutchbury, 1841

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Corallistes*	Schmidt, 1870	accepted genus name

Literature

additional source	Carvalho, F.C.; Pomponi, S.A.; Xavier, J.R. (2015). Lithistid sponges of the upper bathyal of Madeira, Selvagens and Canary Islands, with description of a new species of Isabella. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 95 (7), 1287-1296.
additional source	Pouliquen, L. (1969). Remarques sur la présence d'éponges de l'étage bathyal dans les grottes sous-marines en Méditerranée. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences de Paris. 268, 1324-1326.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103.
additional source	Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map.
additional source	Magnino, G.; Gravina, M. F.; Righini, P.; Serena, F.; Pansini, M. (1999). Due demosponge Lithistidi nuove per i mari italiani. Biologia Marina Mediterranea. 6: 391-393.
additional source	Pouliquen, L. (1972). Les spongiaires des grottes sous-marines de la région de Marseille: Ecologie et systématique. Téthys. 3(4): 717-758.
redescription	Pisera, A.; Vacelet, J. (2011). Lithistid sponges from submarine caves in the Mediterranean: taxonomy and affinities. Scientia Marina. 75 (1), 17-40.

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. Corallistes masoni (Bowerbank, 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:134337