Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Astrophorida > Family Vulcanellidae > Genus Vulcanella

Vulcanella aberrans (Maldonado & Uriz, 1996)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Vulcanella*	Sollas, 1886	accepted genus name
*Sphinctrella*	Schmidt, 1870	synonym
*Vulcanella (Vulcanella)*	Sollas, 1886	synonym

Species group names

*Sphinctrella aberrans*	Maldonado & Uriz, 1996	basionym
*Sphinctrella aberrans*	Maldonado & Uriz, 1996	synonym
*Vulcanella (Vulcanella) aberrans*	(Maldonado & Uriz, 1996)	synonym

Literature

original description	Maldonado, M.; Uriz, M.-J. (1996). A new species of Sphinctrella (Demospongiae: Astrophorida) and remarks on the status of the genus in the Mediterranean. Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 66(Suppl.): 175-184
basis of record	Cárdenas P, Xavier JR, Reveillaud J, Schander C, Rapp HT (2011) Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiae) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. PLoS ONE 6(4)

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Boury-Esnault, N. (2014). Vulcanella aberrans (Maldonado & Uriz, 1996). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597267