''Plakortis'' is a
genus of marine
sponges in the order
Homosclerophorida
Homosclerophorida is an order of marine sponges. It is the only order in the monotypic class Homoscleromorpha. The order is composed of two families: Plakinidae and Oscarellidae.
Taxonomy
Homoscleromorpha is phylogenetically well separated from ...
,
first described by
Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880.
Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton composed mainly of diods, triods, and/or calthrops in one size class
# Lophose diods, triods, or calthrops complement the main skeleton of non-lophose spicules
# no lophose spicules
# diactinal "microscleres" (microrhabs) in some species
Species
List of accepted species:
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*'']Plakortis albicans
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton co ...
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*'' Plakortis angulospiculatus''
*'' Plakortis badabaluensis''
*''Plakortis bergquistae
''Plakortis bergquistae'' is a species of marine sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first described in 2011 by Guilherme Muricy. The species epithet, ''bergquistae'', honours Patricia Bergquist. Distribution
The holotype was collected nea ...
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*''Plakortis clarionensis
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton compo ...
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*''Plakortis communis
''Plakortis communis'' is a species of marine sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first described in 2011 by Guilherme Muricy. Distribution
The holotype was collected off Cartier Island
Cartier Island is an uninhabited and unvegetated s ...
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*'' Plakortis copiosa''
*''Plakortis dariae
''Plakortis dariae'' is a species of sea sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first found in vertical walls of reef caves at depths of about in the Caribbean Sea. This species has diods of two different categories: it possesses large ones ...
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*''Plakortis deweerdtaephila
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton co ...
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*''Plakortis edwardsi
''Plakortis edwardsi'' is a species of sea sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first found in vertical walls of reef caves at depths of about in the Caribbean Sea. This species has diods of a single category, with thick and S-shaped centres ...
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*''Plakortis erythraena
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton comp ...
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*''Plakortis fromontae
''Plakortis fromontae'' is a species of marine sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first described in 2011 by Guilherme Muricy. The species epithet, ''fromontae'', honours Jane Fromont
Phyllis Jane Fromont is a New Zealand and Australia ...
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*''Plakortis galapagensis
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton comp ...
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*''Plakortis halichondrioides
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton compo ...
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*''Plakortis hooperi
''Plakortis hooperi'' is a species of marine sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first described in 2011 by Guilherme Muricy. The species epithet, ''hooperi'', honours John Hooper (marine biologist), an Australian sponge specialist. Distrib ...
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*''Plakortis insularis
''Plakortis insularis'' is a species of marine sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first described in 2003 by Moraes and Guilherme Muricy
Guilherme Muricy (born 1964) is a Brazilian invertebrate zoologist, and Professor of Invertebrate Z ...
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*''Plakortis japonica
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton comp ...
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*''Plakortis kenyensis
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton compo ...
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*''Plakortis lita
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton compo ...
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*''Plakortis mesophotica
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton compo ...
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*''Plakortis microrhabdifera
''Plakortis microrhabdifera'' is a species of marine sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first described in 2003 by Moraes and Guilherme Muricy, from specimens collected from oceanic islands off north-eastern Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasi ...
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*''Plakortis myrae
''Plakortis myrae'' is a species of sea sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first found in vertical walls of reef caves at depths of about in the Caribbean Sea. This species has diods of two categories: large ones which are abundant (measurin ...
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*''Plakortis nigra
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton compo ...
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*''Plakortis petrupaulensis
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton compo ...
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*''Plakortis potiguarensis
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton compo ...
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*''Plakortis pulvillus
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton compo ...
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*''Plakortis quasiamphiaster
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton compo ...
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*''Plakortis ruetzleri
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton comp ...
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*''Plakortis simplex
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton compo ...
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*''Plakortis spinalis
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton co ...
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*''Plakortis symbiotica
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton co ...
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*''Plakortis zyggompha
''Plakortis'' is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description
''Plakortis'' sponges are characterised by having:
#inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
#Skeleton co ...
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Literature
Chemical and medecinal properties
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References
Homoscleromorpha
Animals described in 1880
Taxa named by Franz Eilhard Schulze
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