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Genus of sponges

Vosmaeropsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Leucosolenida
Family: Heteropiidae
Genus: Vosmaeropsis
Dendy, 1893

Vosmaeropsis is a genus of sponges in the family, Heteropiidae, and was first described in 1893 by Arthur Dendy. The type species by subsequent designation is Vosmaeropsis macera (Carter, 1886).

Distribution

GBIF with just 25 georeferenced specimens in this genus, shows it with an apparent world-wide distribution. The Australian Faunal Directory shows as being found on/off the coast of Victoria, and the coasts of north-west and south-west Western Australia.

Accepted species

(according to WoRMS)

References

  1. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Vosmaeropsis". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  2. ^ Dendy, A. (1893). "Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela, with a proposed classification of the group and descriptions of some new genera and species". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. New Series. 5: 69–116 .
  3. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Vosmaeropsis Dendy, 1893". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. "Vosmaeropsis Dendy, 1893". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

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Taxon identifiers
Vosmaeropsis


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