Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Astrophorida > Family Geodiidae > Subfamily Erylinae

Erylus Gray, 1867

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scutastra*	Ferrer-Hernàndez, 1912	synonym

Children

Erylus aspidodiscus Topsent, 1928
Erylus cantabricus (Ferrer-Hernández, 1912)
Erylus corsicus Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Erylus deficiens Topsent, 1927
Erylus discophorus (Schmidt, 1862)
Erylus expletus Topsent, 1927
Erylus granularis Topsent, 1904
Erylus mamillaris (Schmidt, 1862)
Erylus nummulifer Topsent, 1890
Erylus oblongus Topsent, 1928
Erylus papillatus Topsent, 1927
Erylus papulifer Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Erylus topsenti Lendenfeld, 1903

Literature

original description	Gray, J.E. 1867a. Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
basis of record	Uriz, M.J. (2002). Family Geodiidae Gray, 1867, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 134-140
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: pp. 85-103

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Citation

Boury-Esnault, N.; van Soest, R. (2014). Erylus Gray, 1867. 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:132004