Porifera taxon details
Aphroceras Gray, 1858
131701 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131701)
accepted
Genus
Aphroceras alcicornis Gray, 1858 (type by monotypy)
Cyathiscus Haeckel, 1870 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Aphroceras alcicornis Gray, 1858
- Species Aphroceras caespitosa (Haeckel, 1872)
- Species Aphroceras cataphracta (Haeckel, 1872)
- Species Aphroceras cladocora (Haeckel, 1872)
- Species Aphroceras corticata (Lendenfeld, 1891)
- Species Aphroceras elongata (Schuffner, 1877)
- Species Aphroceras ensata (Bowerbank, 1858)
- Species Aphroceras seychellensis (Hôzawa, 1940)
- Species Aphroceras asconoides Carter, 1886 accepted as Ascute asconoides (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
- Species Aphroceras caminus (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Leucandra caminus Haeckel, 1872 (genus transfer)
- Species Aphroceras cliarensis (Stephens, 1912) accepted as Aphroceras ensata (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer)
- Species Aphroceras ramosa Carter, 1886 accepted as Heteropia ramosa (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
- Species Aphroceras sericatum Ridley, 1881 accepted as Vosmaeropsis sericata (Ridley, 1881) (genus transfer)
- Species Aphroceras syconoides Carter, 1886 accepted as Ute syconoides (Carter, 1886)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gray, J.E. (1858). Description of <i>Aphroceras</i>, a New Genus of Calcareous Spongiadae brought from Hong-Kong by Dr. Harland. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 26: 113-114, pl. X. [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2024). World Porifera Database. Aphroceras Gray, 1858. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131701 on 2024-10-08
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original description
Gray, J.E. (1858). Description of <i>Aphroceras</i>, a New Genus of Calcareous Spongiadae brought from Hong-Kong by Dr. Harland. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 26: 113-114, pl. X. [details]
original description (of Cyathiscus Haeckel, 1870) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Cyathiscus Haeckel, 1870) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]