Brattegardia
| Brattegardia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Calcarea |
| Order: | Clathrinida |
| Family: | Clathrinidae |
| Genus: | Brattegardia Klautau, Azevedo, Cóndor-Luján, Rapp, Collins & Russo, 2013 |
| Species: | B. nanseni |
| Binomial name | |
| Brattegardia nanseni (Breitfuss, 1896) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Brattegardia is a monotypic genus of calcareous sponge with a single species: Brattegardia nanseni from Norway. The genus is named after the Norwegian marine biologist Torleiv Brattegard. The species is named after Norwegian helminthologist Fridtjof Nansen.
Description
Calcinea in which the cormus is formed by anastomosed tubes covered by a thin membranous layer, at least in young specimens. Cormus is massive/globular with or without a stalk. The skeleton contains regular (equiangular and equiradiant) triactines and tetractines, but parasagittal triactines may be present. Triactines are the most numerous spicules. Aquiferous system asconoid.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Klautau, M.; Azevedo, F.; Condor-Lujan, B.; Rapp, H. T.; Collins, A.; Russo, C. A. d. M. (23 May 2013). "A Molecular Phylogeny for the Order Clathrinida Rekindles and Refines Haeckel's Taxonomic Proposal for Calcareous Sponges". Integrative and Comparative Biology 53 (3): 447–461. doi:10.1093/icb/ict039.
- World Register of Marine Species entry for Brattegardia
- World Register of Marine Species entry for Brattegardia nanseni
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