Corticium (sponge)
{{short description|Genus of sponge}}
{{use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
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| taxon = Corticium (sponge)
| authority = Schmidt, 1862
| type_species = Corticium candelabrum
| type_species_authority = Schmidt, 1862
}}
Corticium is a genus of sponges in the order Homosclerophorida{{cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Corticium|title=Australian Faunal Directory: Corticium|accessdate=2022-02-26|website=biodiversity.org.au}}
first described by Eduard Oscar Schmidt in 1862.{{cite book|author=Schmidt, E.O.|date= 1862|title= Die Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres|location= Leipzig |publisher= Engelmann|pages= 88 pp. 7 pls. [42]|url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=8175}}
Species
Accepted species as given by WoRMS:{{Cite web|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Corticium Schmidt, 1862|url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131976|access-date=2022-02-26|website=www.marinespecies.org}}
- Corticium acanthastrum {{small|Thomas, 1968}}
- Corticium bargibanti {{small|Lévi & Lévi, 1983}}
- Corticium candelabrum {{small|Schmidt, 1862}}
- Corticium diamantense {{small|Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014}}
- Corticium furcatum {{small|Muricy, Sarmento, Lage, Almeida & Fromont, 2021}}
- Corticium monolophum {{small|Muricy, Sarmento, Lage, Almeida & Fromont, 2021}}
- Corticium niger {{small|Pulitzer-Finali, 1996}}
- Corticium quadripartitum {{small|Topsent, 1923}}
- Corticium simplex {{small|Lendenfeld, 1907}}
- Corticium vaceleti {{small|Lage, Muricy, Ruiz & Pérez, 2018}}
- Corticium verticillatum {{small|Muricy, Sarmento, Lage, Almeida & Fromont, 2021}}
References
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Category:Sponges described in 1862
Category:Taxa named by Eduard Oscar Schmidt
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