Citronia
{{Short description|Genus of sponges}}
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| taxon = Citronia
| authority = de Cook & Bergquist, 2002de Cook, S. C. & Bergquist, P. R. (2002). Family Dysideidae Gray, 1867. In Hooper, J., van Soest, R. & Willenz, P. (Eds.), Systema Porifera (pp. 1061–1066). Boston, MA: Springer.
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Citronia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Dysideidae. It consists of one species, Citronia vasiformis (Bergquist, 1995), which Bergquist originally described as Euryspongia vasiformis,{{Cite web |title=Species Citronia vasiformis (Bergquist, 1995) |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Citronia_vasiformis |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Australian Government}}Bergquist, P. R. (1995). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40059814 Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida, and Verongida from the New Caledonia lagoon (Porifera: Demospongiae)]. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 38(1), 1–51 [28]. from a specimen found in the Baie de Citrons, New Caledonia at a depth of 8 to10 m.
In Australia it is found in waters off the Queensland coast.{{Cite web |title=Genus Citronia Cook & Bergquist, 2002 |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Citronia |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Australian Government}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.gbif.org/species/2238552 Citronia: Occurrence data] from GBIF
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Category:Monotypic sponge genera
Category:Taxa named by Patricia Bergquist
Category:Taxa described in 2002
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