Heteropia

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Heteropia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Leucosolenida
Family: Heteropiidae
Genus: Heteropia
Carter, 1886 [1] [2]

Heteropia is a genus of sponges in the family Heteropiidae, [1] and was first described in 1886 by Henry John Carter. [1] [2] The type species by monotypy is Heteropia ramosa (Carter, 1886), which he first called Aphroceras ramosa in the very same publication. [3]

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Distribution

GBIF with just 37 georeferenced specimens in this genus, shows it having perhaps a world-wide distribution. [4] The Australian Faunal Directory shows as being found on/off the coast of Western Australia, in the IMCRA regions of Central Western Shelf Transition, Central Western Shelf Province, Northwest Province, and the Central Western Transition. [1]

Accepted species

(according to WoRMS) [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Australian Faunal Directory: Heteropia". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 Henry John Carter (1886). "Description of a new species. The First Report upon the Fauna of Liverpool Bay and Neighbouring Seas". Liverpool Marine Biology Committee Report. 1: 92–94. Wikidata   Q100998684.
  3. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Heteropia Carter, 1886". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Heteropia Carter, 1886". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 October 2020.


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