Arturia (sponge)
| Arturia | |
|---|---|
| Arthuria tubuloreticulosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Calcarea |
| Order: | Clathrinida |
| Family: | Clathrinidae |
| Genus: | Arturia Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017 |
| Synonyms | |
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Arthuria Klautau, Azevedo, Cóndor-Luján, Rapp, Collins & Russo, 2013 | |
Arturia is a genus of calcareous sponge in the family Clathrinidae which contains 14 species. It is named after Arthur Dendy, a prominent researcher of calcareous sponges. It was renamed Arturia in 2017 because the name Arthuria was already assigned to a genus of molluscs.