Cladorhiza

Cladorhiza
An undescribed species off the coast of New Zealand
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Poecilosclerida
Family:	Cladorhizidae
Genus:	Cladorhiza Sars, 1872
Species
See text
Synonyms
List AxonidermaRidley & Dendy, 1887 Cladorrhiza [lapsus] ExaxinataLaubenfels, 1936 RaoaLaubenfels, 1936 TrochodermaRidley & Dendy, 1886

Cladorhiza is a genus of carnivorous sponges, comprising around 40 species found in oceans around the world. Cladorhiza is the type genus of the family Cladorhizidae.

Description

Species of Cladorhiza occur in a diverse range of shapes, some ranging from globular to spherical to conical, with others attaining a tree-like or bush-like appearance. Many species have a narrow stalk or stem. Most species range from 2 to 12 cm in height, with a few attaining heights of 20 to 40 cm. ^[1]

Species

As of 2014, 40 valid species of Cladorhiza are recognized. ^[2]

• Cladorhiza abyssicola Sars, 1872
• Cladorhiza acanthoxea Hestetun, Fourt, Vacelet, Boury-Esnault & Rapp, 2015
• Cladorhiza arctica Koltun, 1959
• Cladorhiza bathycrinoides Koltun, 1955
• Cladorhiza caillieti Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2014
• Cladorhiza corallophila Göcke, Hestetun, Uhlir, Freiwald, Beuck & Janussen, 2016
• Cladorhiza corona Lehnert, Watling & Stone, 2005
• Cladorhiza corticocancellata Carter, 1876
• Cladorhiza depressa Kieschnick, 1896
• Cladorhiza diminuta Lopes & Hajdu, 2014
• Cladorhiza ephyrula Lévi, 1964
• Cladorhiza evae Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2014
• Cladorhiza flosabyssi Topsent, 1909
• Cladorhiza fristedti (Lambe, 1900)
• Cladorhiza gelida Lundbeck, 1905
• Cladorhiza grimaldii Topsent, 1909
• Cladorhiza hubbsi Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2017
• Cladorhiza iniquidentata Lundbeck, 1905
• Cladorhiza inversa Ridley & Dendy, 1886
• Cladorhiza kenchingtonae Hestetun, Tompkins-Macdonald & Rapp, 2017
• Cladorhiza kensmithi Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2017
• Cladorhiza linearis Ridley & Dendy, 1886
• Cladorhiza longipinna Ridley & Dendy, 1886
• Cladorhiza mani Koltun, 1964
• Cladorhiza methanophila Vacelet & Boury-Esnault, 2002
• Cladorhiza mexicana Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2017
• Cladorhiza microchela Lévi, 1964
• Cladorhiza mirabilis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
• Cladorhiza moruliformis Ridley & Dendy, 1886
• Cladorhiza nematophora Lévi, 1964
• Cladorhiza nicoleae Castello-Branco, Hestetun, Rapp & Hajdu, 2016
• Cladorhiza oxeata Lundbeck, 1905
• Cladorhiza penniformis Göcke & Janussen, 2013
• Cladorhiza pentacrinus Dendy, 1887
• Cladorhiza pteron Reiswig & Lee, 2007
• Cladorhiza rectangularis Ridley & Dendy, 1887
• Cladorhiza scanlonae Goodwin, Berman, Downey & Hendry, 2017
• Cladorhiza schistochela Lévi, 1993
• Cladorhiza segonzaci Vacelet, 2006
• Cladorhiza septemdentalis Koltun, 1970
• Cladorhiza similis Ridley & Dendy, 1886
• Cladorhiza tenuisigma Lundbeck, 1905
• Cladorhiza thomsoni Topsent, 1909
• Cladorhiza tridentata Ridley & Dendy, 1886

External links

• Merrick Ekins, Dirk Erpenbeck, Lisa Goudie, John N. A. Hooper: New carnivorous sponges and allied species from the Great Australian Bight. In: ZooTaxa Volume 4878, No. 2. Jan 2021. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.2.

References

1. Lehnert, H.; Watling, Les & Stone, R. (2005). "Cladorhiza corona sp. nov. (Porifera : Demospongiae : Cladorhizidae) from the Aleutian Islands (Alaska)" . J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U. K. 85: 1359–1366. doi:10.1017/s0025315405012531.
2. van Soest, R. (2014). Cladorhiza Sars, 1872. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131895 on 2014-04-20.