Carteriospongia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Thorectidae.

Carteriospongia
"Carteriospongia cf. foliascens" at Baa Atoll in the Maldives
Carteriospongia cf. foliascens at Baa Atoll in the Maldives
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Dictyoceratida
Family: Thorectidae
Subfamily: Phyllospongiinae
Genus: Carteriospongia
Hyatt, 1877[1]
Species

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Synonyms
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  • Carterispongia [lapsus]
  • Carterospongia [lapsus]
  • Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) Bowerbank, 1877
  • Phyllospongia (Carteriospongia) Hyatt, 1877
  • Polyfibrospongia Bowerbank, 1877

There is some debate around the taxonomy of the group, with a 2021 molecular and morphological assessment of the subfamily Phyllospongiinae suggesting that Carteriospongia should become a synonym of Phyllospongia, and reinstating Carteriospongia flabellifera to its original designation of Polyfibrospongia flabellifera.[2] The same study described 2 new species, designated Phyllospongia bergquistae sp. nov. and Polyfibrospongia kulit sp. nov..[2]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Revision of the North American Poriferæ: With Remarks Upon the Foreign Species. A Hyatt - 1877
  2. ^ a b Muhammad Azmi Abdul Wahab; Nerida G. Wilson; Diana Prada; Oliver Gomez; Jane Fromont (2021). "Molecular and morphological assessment of tropical sponges in the subfamily Phyllospongiinae, with the descriptions of two new species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (1): 319–335. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa133.