Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Tetractinellida > Suborder Astrophorina > Family Geodiidae > Subfamily Calthropellinae > Genus Calthropella

Calthropella (Calthropella) Sollas, 1888

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Calthropella*	Sollas, 1888	accepted genus name

Subgenus group names

*Pachastrissa*	Lendenfeld, 1903	synonym

Children

Calthropella (Calthropella) durissima Topsent, 1892
Calthropella (Calthropella) geodioides (Carter, 1876)
Calthropella (Calthropella) inopinata Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Calthropella (Calthropella) pathologica (Schmidt, 1868)
Calthropella (Calthropella) simplex Sollas, 1888

Literature

basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; de Voogd, N.J. (2010). Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho-)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida). Zookeys. 68: 1-88.

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. Calthropella (Calthropella) Sollas, 1888. 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:555788