Ernstia minoricensis

Species of sponge

Ernstia minoricensis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Porifera
Class:  | Calcarea
Order:  | Clathrinida
Family:  | Clathrinidae
Genus:  | Ernstia
Species:  |

E. minoricensis

Binomial name
Ernstia minoricensis

(Lackschewitsch, 1896)

Synonyms

List

* Clathrina minoricensis (Lackschewitz, 1886)
* Leucosolenia minorcensis [lapsus]
* Leucosolenia minoricensis Lackschewitsch, 1896

Ernstia minoricensis is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Clathrinidae found in Spain. The species is named after the island of Menorca where the type specimen was discovered.

## Description[edit]

Triactines and tetractines are regular (equiangular and equiradiate) and are the same size. The actines are 7-10 times longer than they are thick, with slender tapers. The apical actines of the tetractines are straight and 3-4 times thinner than the triacines.[1]

## References[edit]

World Register of Marine Species entry

1. ^ Lackschewitz, Paul (1886). "Über die Kalkschwämme Menorcas". Zoologische Jahrbücher. 1: 297–310.

Taxon identifiers

Ernstia minoricensis|

* Wikidata: Q61477276
* Wikispecies: Ernstia minoricensis
* CoL: 8J485
* GBIF: 9629941
* WoRMS: 988100

Clathrina minoricensis|

* Wikidata: Q2169994
* EoL: 332236
* GBIF: 5180535
* IRMNG: 11676616
* WoRMS: 164673

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