Plakinidae is a family of marine
sponge
Sponges or sea sponges are primarily marine invertebrates of the animal phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), a basal clade and a sister taxon of the diploblasts. They are sessile filter feeders that are bound to the seabed, and a ...
s. It is composed of eight genera:
Plakinidae and Oscarellidae are the two families that compose the fourth and smallest class of the porifera phylum, Homoscleromorpha.
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Aspiculophora''
Ruiz, Muricy, Lage, Domingos, Chenesseau & Pérez, 2017
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Aspiculophora madinina''
Ruiz, Muricy, Lage, Domingos, Chenesseau & Pérez, 2017
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Aspiculophora papillata''
Ruiz, Ereskovsky & Pérez, 2022
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Aspiculortis''
Ruiz, Ereskovsky & Pérez, 2022
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Aspiculortis garifuba''
Ruiz, Ereskovsky & Pérez, 2022
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Corticium''
Schmidt, 1862
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Corticium acanthastrum''
Thomas, 1968
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Corticium bargibanti''
Lévi & Lévi, 1983
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Corticium candelabrum''
Schmidt, 1862
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Corticium diamantense''
Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014
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Corticium furcatum''
Muricy, Sarmento, Lage, Almeida & Fromont, 2021
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Corticium monolophum''
Muricy, Sarmento, Lage, Almeida & Fromont, 2021
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Corticium niger''
Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
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Corticium quadripartitum''
Topsent, 1923
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Corticium simplex''
Lendenfeld, 1907
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Corticium vaceleti''
Lage, Muricy, Ruiz & Pérez, 2018
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Corticium verticillatum''
Muricy, Sarmento, Lage, Almeida & Fromont, 2021
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Placinolopha''
Topsent, 1897
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Placinolopha acantholopha''
(Thomas, 1970)
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Placinolopha bedoti''
Topsent, 1897
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Placinolopha europae''
Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971
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Placinolopha moncharmonti''
(Sarà, 1960)
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Placinolopha sarai''
Lévi & Lévi, 1989
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Placinolopha spinosa''
Kirkpatrick, 1900
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Plakina''
Schulze, 1880
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Plakina anisoactina''
Lage, Gerovasileiou, Voultsiadou & Muricy, 2018
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Plakina anomala''
Lage, Gerovasileiou, Voultsiadou & Muricy, 2018
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Plakina antarctica''
Lendenfeld, 1907
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Plakina arletensis''
Ruiz, Muricy, Lage, Domingos, Chenesseau & Pérez, 2017
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Plakina atka''
Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2005
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Plakina australis''
(Gray, 1867)
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Plakina bioxea''
Green & Bakus, 1994
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Plakina bowerbanki''
(Sarà, 1960)
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Plakina brachylopha''
Topsent, 1927
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Plakina cabofriensis''
Muricy, Domingos, Lage, Lanna, Hardoim, Laport & Zilberberg, 2019
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Plakina coerulea''
Cedro, Hajdu & Correia, 2013
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Plakina corticioides''
Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
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Plakina corticolopha''
Lévi & Lévi, 1983
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Plakina crypta''
Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac & Vacelet, 1998
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Plakina cyanorosea''
Muricy, Domingos, Lage, Lanna, Hardoim, Laport & Zilberberg, 2019
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Plakina dilopha''
Schulze, 1880
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Plakina doudou''
Grenier, Ruiz, Lage & Pérez, 2020
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Plakina elisa''
(de Laubenfels, 1936)
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Plakina endoumensis''
Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac & Vacelet, 1998
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Plakina finispinata''
Lage, Muricy, Ruiz & Pérez, 2018
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Plakina fragilis''
Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997
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Plakina hellenica''
Lage, Gerovasileiou, Voultsiadou & Muricy, 2018
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Plakina jamaicensis''
Lehnert & van Soest, 1998
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Plakina jani''
Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac & Vacelet, 1998
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Plakina kanaky''
Ruiz & Pérez, 2015
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Plakina lendenfeldi''
Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
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Plakina microlobata''
Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997
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Plakina monolopha''
Schulze, 1880
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Plakina muricyae''
Cruz-Barraza, Vega & Carballo, 2014
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Plakina nathaliae''
(Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014)
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Plakina pacifica''
Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997
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Plakina paradilopha''
Cruz-Barraza, Vega & Carballo, 2014
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Plakina reducta''
(Pulitzer-Finali, 1983)
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Plakina strongylata''
Lage, Araujo, Gerovasileiou & Muricy, 2018
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Plakina tanaga''
Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2005
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Plakina tetralopha''
(Hechtel, 1965)
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Plakina tetralophoides''
Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac & Vacelet, 1998
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Plakina topsenti''
(Pouliquen, 1972)
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Plakina trilopha''
Schulze, 1880
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Plakina versatilis''
(Schmidt, 1880)
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Plakina weinbergi''
Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac & Vacelet, 1998
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Plakinastrella''
Schulze, 1880
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Plakinastrella ceylonica''
(Dendy, 1905)
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Plakinastrella clathrata''
Kirkpatrick, 1900
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Plakinastrella clippertonensis''
Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011
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Plakinastrella copiosa''
Schulze, 1880
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Plakinastrella globularis''
Domingos, Moraes & Muricy, 2013
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Plakinastrella mammillaris''
Lendenfeld, 1907
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Plakinastrella microspiculifera''
Moraes & Muricy, 2003
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Plakinastrella minor''
(Dendy, 1916)
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Plakinastrella mixta''
Maldonado, 1992
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Plakinastrella nicoleae''
Lage, Muricy, Ruiz & Pérez, 2018
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Plakinastrella onkodes''
Uliczka, 1929
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Plakinastrella osculifera''
Lage, Muricy, Ruiz & Pérez, 2018
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Plakinastrella oxeata''
Topsent, 1904
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Plakinastrella polysclera''
Lévi & Lévi, 1989
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Plakinastrella pseudolopha''
Lage, Muricy, Ruiz & Pérez, 2018
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Plakinastrella stinapa''
Van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014
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Plakinastrella trunculifera''
Topsent, 1927
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Plakortis
''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 com ...
''
Schulze, 1880
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Plakortis albicans''
Cruz-Barraza & Carballo, 2005
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Plakortis angulospiculatus''
(Carter, 1882)
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Plakortis badabaluensis''
Ubare & Mohan, 2016
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Plakortis bergquistae
''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 ...
''
Muricy, 2011
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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 com ...
''
Cruz-Barraza, Vega & Carballo, 2014
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Plakortis communis''
Muricy, 2011
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Plakortis copiosa''
Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
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Plakortis dariae''
Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014
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Plakortis deweerdtaephila''
Vicente, Zea & Hill, 2016
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Plakortis edwardsi''
Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014
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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 com ...
''
Lévi, 1958
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Plakortis fromontae''
Muricy, 2011
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Plakortis galapagensis''
Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997
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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 com ...
''
(Wilson, 1902)
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Plakortis hooperi''
Muricy, 2011
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Plakortis insularis''
Moraes & Muricy, 2003
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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 com ...
''
(Hoshino, 1977)
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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 com ...
''
Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
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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 com ...
''
de Laubenfels, 1954
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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 com ...
''
Idan, Shefer, Feldstein & Ilan, 2021
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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, officially ...
''
Moraes & Muricy, 2003
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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 (measuri ...
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Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014
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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 com ...
''
Lévi, 1953
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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 com ...
''
Domingos, Moraes & Muricy, 2013
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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 com ...
''
Domingos, Moraes & Muricy, 2013
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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 com ...
''
Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019
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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 com ...
''
Díaz & van Soest, 1994
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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 com ...
''
Lage, Muricy, Ruiz & Pérez, 2018
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Plakortis simplex''
Schulze, 1880
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Plakortis spinalis''
Domingos, Moraes & Muricy, 2013
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Plakortis symbiotica''
Vicente, Zea & Hill, 2016
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Plakortis zyggompha''
(de Laubenfels, 1934)
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Tetralophophora''
Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz 2014
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Tetralophophora mesoamericana''
Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz 2014
References
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Homoscleromorpha
Sponge families