Calyx (sponge)

Calyx
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Haplosclerida
Family:	Phloeodictyidae
Genus:	Calyx Vosmaer, 1885
Synonyms
Calyxabra De Laubenfels, 1949 (junior synonym) Lieberkuhnia Balsamo-Crivelli, 1863 (junior synonym) Vagocia Laubenfels, 1936 (junior synonym)

Calyx is a genus of sea sponges of the family Phloeodictyidae.^[1]

Species

Species accepted within Calyx:^[1]

• Calyx arcuarius (Topsent, 1913)
• Calyx clavata Burton, 1928
• Calyx imperialis (Dendy, 1924)
• Calyx infundibulum Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
• Calyx kerguelensis (Hentschel, 1914)
• Calyx magnoculata Van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014
• Calyx maya Gómez & Calderón-Gutiérrez, 2020
• Calyx nicaeensis (Risso, 1827)
• Calyx nyaliensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
• Calyx podatypa (Laubenfels, 1934)
• Calyx shackletoni Goodwin, Brewin & Brickle, 2012
• Calyx tufa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)

Species brought into synonymy:^[1]

• Calyx nicaensis accepted as Calyx nicaeensis (Risso, 1827) (misspelling of species name)
• Calyx poa de Laubenfels, 1947 accepted as Halichondria poa (de Laubenfels, 1947) (genus transfer)
• Calyx santa (de Laubenfels, 1936) accepted as Neopetrosia carbonaria (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
• Calyx stipitatus Topsent, 1916 accepted as Calyx arcuarius (Topsent, 1913) (junior synonym)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q104881122 entry

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