Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Haplosclerida > Family Petrosiidae > Genus Petrosia

Petrosia (Petrosia) Vosmaer, 1885

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Petrosia*	Vosmaer, 1885	accepted genus name
*Schmidtia*	Balsamo Crivelli, 1863	synonym

Children

Petrosia (Petrosia) canariensis de Weerdt & van Soest, 1986
Petrosia (Petrosia) clavata (Esper, 1794)
Petrosia (Petrosia) crassa (Carter, 1876)
Petrosia (Petrosia) ficiformis (Poiret, 1789)
Petrosia (Petrosia) intermedia (Czerniavsky, 1880)
Petrosia (Petrosia) raphida Boury-Esnault, Pansini & Uriz, 1994

Literature

original description	Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1885). Porifera, Parts Vll-XI. Pp. 177-368, pls XIX-XXV. In: Bronn, H.G. (Ed.), Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs. 1. (Leipzig & Heidelberg).
basis of record	Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 906-917. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
basis of record	Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 906-917. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).

Genbank

Citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Petrosia (Petrosia) Vosmaer, 1885. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166820