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

Vulcanella Sollas, 1886

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphinctrella*	Schmidt, 1870	synonym
*Vulcanella (Vulcanella)*	Sollas, 1886	synonym

Children

Vulcanella aberrans (Maldonado & Uriz, 1996)
Vulcanella cribrifera (Sollas, 1886)
Vulcanella gracilis (Sollas, 1888)
Vulcanella horrida (Schmidt, 1870)

Literature

original description	Sollas, W.J. 1886a. Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’ 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series) 5:177-199.
basis of record	Maldonado,M.,2002. Family Pachastrellidae. Pp.141-162. In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York, 1708 pp.
source of synonymy	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)

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Citation

Boury-Esnault, N.; van Soest, R. (2014). Vulcanella Sollas, 1886. 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:170325