Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Spirophorida > Family Tetillidae > Genus Craniella

Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Craniella*	Schmidt, 1870	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Alcyonium cranium*	Müller, 1776	basionym
*Spongia pilosa*	Montagu, 1814	basionym
*Tethya cranium*	(Müller, 1776)	basionym
*Tethya cranium abyssorum*	Carter, 1876	basionym
*Tethya cranium infrequens*	Carter, 1876	basionym
*Tetilla abyssorum*	(Carter, 1876)	basionym
*Tetilla cranium*	(Müller, 1776)	basionym
*Tetilla infrequens*	(Carter, 1876)	basionym
*Alcyonium cranium*	Müller, 1776	synonym
*Alcyonium globusum*	Tixier-Durivault, 1955	synonym
*Spongia pilosa*	Montagu, 1814	synonym
*Tethya cranium*	(Müller, 1776)	synonym
*Tethya cranium abyssorum*	Carter, 1876	synonym
*Tethya cranium infrequens*	Carter, 1876	synonym
*Tetilla abyssorum*	(Carter, 1876)	synonym
*Tetilla cranium*	(Müller, 1776)	synonym
*Tetilla infrequens*	(Carter, 1876)	synonym

Literature

original description	Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologica Danicae Prodromus seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characters, nomine, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae. XXXII, 274 pp.
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M.; Rützler, K. 2002. Family Tetillidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 85-98. In: Hooper JNA, Van Soest RWM (eds) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer, Plenum, New York, pp. i-xlviii, 1-1704.
additional source	Cruz, T. 2002. Esponjas marinas de Canarias. Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias, S/C Tenerife. 260 pp.
additional source	Boury-Esnault, N.; Pansini, M.; Uriz, M.J. 1994b. Spongiaires bathyaux de la mer d’Alboran et du golfe ibéro-marocain. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 160: 1-174.
additional source	Uriz, M.J. 1988. Deep-water sponges from the continental shelf and slope off Namibia (Southwest Africa): Classses Hexactinellida and Demospongia. Monografías de Zoología Marina 3: 9-157.
additional source	Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Lévi, C. 1960c. Spongiaires des côtes occidentales africaines. Bulletin de l’Institut français d’Afrique noire (A, Sciences naturelles) 22(3): 743-769.
additional source	Lévi, C. (1967). Spongiaires d'Afrique du Sud. (3) Tetractinellides. Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. 37: 227-256, pls XVII-XIX

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
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Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171330