family

Plakinidae

Plakinidae

Field notes

Plakinidae is a family of marine sponges. It is composed of eight genera:

Plakinidae and Oscarellidae are the two families that compose the fourth and smallest class of the porifera phylum, Homoscleromorpha.

Aspiculophora Ruiz, Muricy, Lage, Domingos, Chenesseau & Pérez, 2017

Aspiculophora madinina Ruiz, Muricy, Lage, Domingos, Chenesseau & Pérez, 2017

Aspiculophora papillata Ruiz, Ereskovsky & Pérez, 2022

Aspiculortis Ruiz, Ereskovsky & Pérez, 2022

Aspiculortis garifuba Ruiz, Ereskovsky & Pérez, 2022

Corticium Schmidt, 1862

Corticium acanthastrum Thomas, 1968

Corticium bargibanti Lévi & Lévi, 1983

Corticium candelabrum Schmidt, 1862

Corticium diamantense Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014

Corticium furcatum Muricy, Sarmento, Lage, Almeida & Fromont, 2021

Corticium monolophum Muricy, Sarmento, Lage, Almeida & Fromont, 2021

Corticium niger Pulitzer-Finali, 1996

Corticium quadripartitum Topsent, 1923

Corticium simplex Lendenfeld, 1907

Corticium vaceleti Lage, Muricy, Ruiz & Pérez, 2018

Corticium verticillatum Muricy, Sarmento, Lage, Almeida & Fromont, 2021

Placinolopha Topsent, 1897

Placinolopha acantholopha (Thomas, 1970)

Placinolopha bedoti Topsent, 1897

Placinolopha europae Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971

Placinolopha moncharmonti (Sarà, 1960)

Placinolopha sarai Lévi & Lévi, 1989

Placinolopha spinosa Kirkpatrick, 1900

Plakina Schulze, 1880

Plakina anisoactina Lage, Gerovasileiou, Voultsiadou & Muricy, 2018

Plakina anomala Lage, Gerovasileiou, Voultsiadou & Muricy, 2018

Plakina antarctica Lendenfeld, 1907

Plakina arletensis Ruiz, Muricy, Lage, Domingos, Chenesseau & Pérez, 2017

Plakina atka Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2005

Plakina australis (Gray, 1867)

Plakina bioxea Green & Bakus, 1994

Plakina bowerbanki (Sarà, 1960)

Plakina brachylopha Topsent, 1927

Plakina cabofriensis Muricy, Domingos, Lage, Lanna, Hardoim, Laport & Zilberberg, 2019

Plakina coerulea Cedro, Hajdu & Correia, 2013

Plakina corticioides Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976

Plakina corticolopha Lévi & Lévi, 1983

Plakina crypta Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac & Vacelet, 1998

Plakina cyanorosea Muricy, Domingos, Lage, Lanna, Hardoim, Laport & Zilberberg, 2019

Plakina dilopha Schulze, 1880

Plakina doudou Grenier, Ruiz, Lage & Pérez, 2020

Plakina elisa (de Laubenfels, 1936)

Plakina endoumensis Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac & Vacelet, 1998

Plakina finispinata Lage, Muricy, Ruiz & Pérez, 2018

Plakina fragilis Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997

Plakina hellenica Lage, Gerovasileiou, Voultsiadou & Muricy, 2018

Plakina jamaicensis Lehnert & van Soest, 1998

Plakina jani Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac & Vacelet, 1998

Plakina kanaky Ruiz & Pérez, 2015

Plakina lendenfeldi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020

Plakina microlobata Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997

Plakina monolopha Schulze, 1880

Plakina muricyae Cruz-Barraza, Vega & Carballo, 2014

Plakina nathaliae (Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014)

Plakina pacifica Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997

Plakina paradilopha Cruz-Barraza, Vega & Carballo, 2014

Plakina reducta (Pulitzer-Finali, 1983)

Plakina strongylata Lage, Araujo, Gerovasileiou & Muricy, 2018

Plakina tanaga Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2005

Plakina tetralopha (Hechtel, 1965)

Plakina tetralophoides Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac & Vacelet, 1998

Plakina topsenti (Pouliquen, 1972)

Plakina trilopha Schulze, 1880

Plakina versatilis (Schmidt, 1880)

Plakina weinbergi Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac & Vacelet, 1998

Plakinastrella Schulze, 1880

Plakinastrella ceylonica (Dendy, 1905)

Plakinastrella clathrata Kirkpatrick, 1900

Plakinastrella clippertonensis Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011

Plakinastrella copiosa Schulze, 1880

Plakinastrella globularis Domingos, Moraes & Muricy, 2013

Plakinastrella mammillaris Lendenfeld, 1907

Plakinastrella microspiculifera Moraes & Muricy, 2003

Plakinastrella minor (Dendy, 1916)

Plakinastrella mixta Maldonado, 1992

Plakinastrella nicoleae Lage, Muricy, Ruiz & Pérez, 2018

Plakinastrella onkodes Uliczka, 1929

Plakinastrella osculifera Lage, Muricy, Ruiz & Pérez, 2018

Plakinastrella oxeata Topsent, 1904

Plakinastrella polysclera Lévi & Lévi, 1989

Plakinastrella pseudolopha Lage, Muricy, Ruiz & Pérez, 2018

Plakinastrella stinapa Van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014

Plakinastrella trunculifera Topsent, 1927

Plakortis Schulze, 1880

Plakortis albicans Cruz-Barraza & Carballo, 2005

Plakortis angulospiculatus (Carter, 1882)

Plakortis badabaluensis Ubare & Mohan, 2016

Plakortis bergquistae Muricy, 2011

Plakortis clarionensis Cruz-Barraza, Vega & Carballo, 2014

Plakortis communis Muricy, 2011

Plakortis copiosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993

Plakortis dariae Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014

Plakortis deweerdtaephila Vicente, Zea & Hill, 2016

Plakortis edwardsi Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014

Plakortis erythraena Lévi, 1958

Plakortis fromontae Muricy, 2011

Plakortis galapagensis Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997

Plakortis halichondrioides (Wilson, 1902)

Plakortis hooperi Muricy, 2011

Plakortis insularis Moraes & Muricy, 2003

Plakortis japonica (Hoshino, 1977)

Plakortis kenyensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993

Plakortis lita de Laubenfels, 1954

Plakortis mesophotica Idan, Shefer, Feldstein & Ilan, 2021

Plakortis microrhabdifera Moraes & Muricy, 2003

Plakortis myrae Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014

Plakortis nigra Lévi, 1953

Plakortis petrupaulensis Domingos, Moraes & Muricy, 2013

Plakortis potiguarensis Domingos, Moraes & Muricy, 2013

Plakortis pulvillus Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019

Plakortis quasiamphiaster Díaz & van Soest, 1994

Plakortis ruetzleri Lage, Muricy, Ruiz & Pérez, 2018

Plakortis simplex Schulze, 1880

Plakortis spinalis Domingos, Moraes & Muricy, 2013

Plakortis symbiotica Vicente, Zea & Hill, 2016

Plakortis zyggompha (de Laubenfels, 1934)

Tetralophophora Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz 2014

Tetralophophora mesoamericana Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz 2014

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