Biology:Plakortis

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Short description: Genus of sponges

Plakortis
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Homoscleromorpha
Order: Homosclerophorida
Family: Plakinidae
Genus: Plakortis
Schulze, 1880
Type species
Plakortis simplex
Schulze, 1880
Synonyms[1]

Placortis (misspelling)
Roosa de Laubenfels, 1934

Plakortis is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida,[1] first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880.[1][2]

Description

Plakortis sponges are characterised by having:[3]

  1. inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
  2. Skeleton composed mainly of diods, triods, and/or calthrops in one size class
  3. Lophose diods, triods, or calthrops complement the main skeleton of non-lophose spicules
  4. no lophose spicules
  5. diactinal "microscleres" (microrhabs) in some species

Species

List of accepted species:[1]

  • Plakortis albicans Cruz-Barraza & Carballo, 2005
  • Plakortis angulospiculatus (Carter, 1879)
  • Plakortis badabaluensis Ubare & Mohan, 2016
  • Plakortis bergquistae Muricy, 2011
  • Plakortis clarionensis Cruz-Barraza, Vega & Carballo, 2014
  • Plakortis communis Muricy, 2011
  • Plakortis copiosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
  • Plakortis dariae Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014
  • Plakortis deweerdtaephila Vicente, Zea & Hill, 2016
  • Plakortis edwardsi Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014
  • Plakortis erythraena Lévi, 1958
  • Plakortis fromontae Muricy, 2011
  • Plakortis galapagensis Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997
  • Plakortis halichondrioides (Wilson, 1902)
  • Plakortis hooperi Muricy, 2011
  • Plakortis insularis Moraes & Muricy, 2003
  • Plakortis japonica (Hoshino, 1977)
  • Plakortis kenyensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
  • Plakortis lita de Laubenfels, 1954
  • Plakortis mesophotica Idan, Shefer, Feldstein & Ilan, 2021
  • Plakortis microrhabdifera Moraes & Muricy, 2003
  • Plakortis myrae Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014
  • Plakortis nigra Lévi, 1953
  • Plakortis petrupaulensis Domingos, Moraes & Muricy, 2013
  • Plakortis potiguarensis Domingos, Moraes & Muricy, 2013
  • Plakortis pulvillus Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019
  • Plakortis quasiamphiaster Díaz & van Soest, 1994
  • Plakortis ruetzleri Lage, Muricy, Ruiz & Pérez, 2018
  • Plakortis simplex Schulze, 1880
  • Plakortis spinalis Domingos, Moraes & Muricy, 2013
  • Plakortis symbiotica Vicente, Zea & Hill, 2016
  • Plakortis zyggompha (de Laubenfels, 1934)

Literature

Chemical and medecinal properties

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4115634 entry