Vosmaeropsis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Calcarea |
| Order: | Leucosolenida |
| Family: | Heteropiidae |
| Genus: | Vosmaeropsis Dendy, 1893[1][2] |
Vosmaeropsis is a genus of sponges in the family, Heteropiidae,[1] and was first described in 1893 by Arthur Dendy.[1][2] The type species by subsequent designation is Vosmaeropsis macera (Carter, 1886).[3]
Distribution[edit]
GBIF with just 25 georeferenced specimens in this genus, shows it with an apparent world-wide distribution.[4] The Australian Faunal Directory shows as being found on/off the coast of Victoria, and the coasts of north-west and south-west Western Australia.[1]
Accepted species[edit]
- Vosmaeropsis complanatispinifera Cavalcanti, Bastos & Lanna, 2015
- Vosmaeropsis connexiva (Poléjaeff, 1883)
- Vosmaeropsis cyathus (Verrill, 1873)
- Vosmaeropsis depressa Dendy, 1893
- Vosmaeropsis gardineri Ferrer-Hernandez, 1916
- Vosmaeropsis glebula Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
- Vosmaeropsis grisea Tanita, 1939
- Vosmaeropsis hispanica Ferrer Hernández, 1933
- Vosmaeropsis hozawai Borojevic & Klautau, 2000
- Vosmaeropsis inflata Tanita, 1942
- Vosmaeropsis japonica Hôzawa, 1929
- Vosmaeropsis levis Hôzawa, 1940
- Vosmaeropsis macera (Carter, 1886)
- Vosmaeropsis mackinnoni Dendy & Frederick, 1924
- Vosmaeropsis maculata Hôzawa, 1929
- Vosmaeropsis oruetai Ferrer-Hernández, 1918
- Vosmaeropsis ovata Tanita, 1942
- Vosmaeropsis recruta Cavalcanti, Bastos & Lanna, 2015
- Vosmaeropsis sasakii Hôzawa, 1929
- Vosmaeropsis sericata (Ridley, 1881)
- Vosmaeropsis simplex Hôzawa, 1940
- Vosmaeropsis spinosa Tanita, 1943
- Vosmaeropsis triradiata Hôzawa, 1940
- Vosmaeropsis wilsoni Dendy, 1893
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Australian Faunal Directory: Vosmaeropsis". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ a b Dendy, A. (1893). "Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela, with a proposed classification of the group and descriptions of some new genera and species". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. New Series. 5: 69–116 [76].
- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Vosmaeropsis Dendy, 1893". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Vosmaeropsis Dendy, 1893". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
External links[edit]
- Cavalcanti, F.F.; Bastos, N.; Lanna, E. (12 May 2015). "Two new species of the genus Vosmaeropsis Dendy, 1892 (Porifera, Calcarea), with comments on the distribution of V. sericata (Ridley, 1881) along the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean". Zootaxa. 3956 (4): 476. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3956.4.2. ISSN 1175-5334.
- Kim, Hoon-Soo; Park, Boon-Jo; Sim, Chong-Ja (1968). "Marine Sponges in South Korea (I)". The Korean Journal of Zoology. 11 (2): 37–47. ISSN 0440-2510.
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