Brattegardia

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Brattegardia nanseni
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Domain: Eukaryota
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
  • Leucosolenia nanseniBreitfuss, 1896
  • Clathrina nanseni(Breitfuss, 1896)

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.

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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]

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References

  1. 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 . PMID   23704365.