Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Tetractinellida > Suborder Spirophorina > Family Tetillidae > Genus Craniella

Craniella polyura (Schmidt, 1870)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Tetilla Schmidt, 1868

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Craniella*	Schmidt, 1870	accepted genus name
*Craniellopsis*	Topsent, 1913	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: tailed globular horny sponge sources: National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].

French: éponge à rhizomes

Literature

additional source	Dinn, C.; Edinger, E.; Leys, S.P. (2019). Sponge (Porifera) fauna of Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island, Canada with the description of an Iophon rich sponge garden. Zootaxa. 4576(2): 301-325.
additional source	Morozov, G.; Sabirov, R.; Zimina, O. (2019). Sponge fauna of the New Siberian Shoal: biodiversity and some features of formation. Journal of Natural History. 52 (47-48): 2961-2992.

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. Craniella polyura (Schmidt, 1870). 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:171347