Corticium (sponge)
Genus of sponges
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Corticium is a genus of sponges in the order Homosclerophorida[1] first described by Eduard Oscar Schmidt in 1862.[2]
| Corticium | |
|---|---|
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| Corticium niger | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Homoscleromorpha |
| Order: | Homosclerophorida |
| Family: | Plakinidae |
| Genus: | Corticium Schmidt, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Corticium candelabrum Schmidt, 1862 | |
Species
Accepted species as given by WoRMS:[3]
- Corticium acanthastrum Thomas, 1968
- Corticium bargibanti Lévi & Lévi, 1983
- Corticium candelabrum Schmidt, 1862
- Corticium diamantense Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014
- Corticium furcatum Muricy, Sarmento, Lage, Almeida & Fromont, 2021
- Corticium monolophum Muricy, Sarmento, Lage, Almeida & Fromont, 2021
- Corticium niger Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
- Corticium quadripartitum Topsent, 1923
- Corticium simplex Lendenfeld, 1907
- Corticium vaceleti Lage, Muricy, Ruiz & Pérez, 2018
- Corticium verticillatum Muricy, Sarmento, Lage, Almeida & Fromont, 2021
