Corticium (sponge)

Corticium
Corticium niger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Homoscleromorpha
Order:	Homosclerophorida
Family:	Plakinidae
Genus:	Corticium Schmidt, 1862
Type species
Corticium candelabrum Schmidt, 1862

Corticium is a genus of sponges in the order Homosclerophorida ^[1] first described by Eduard Oscar Schmidt in 1862. ^[2]

Species

Accepted species as given by WoRMS: ^[3]

• 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

References

1. "Australian Faunal Directory: Corticium". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
2. Schmidt, E.O. (1862). Die Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres. Leipzig: Engelmann. pp. 88 pp. 7 pls. [42].
3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Corticium Schmidt, 1862". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 26 February 2022.