Calyx (sponge)

Short description: Genus of sponges

Calyx

Scientific classification
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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Calyx". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131851.

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