Cyclacanthia mzimayiensis Samaai & Kelly, 2004
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cyclacanthia mzimayiensis Samaai & Kelly, 2004
- Name authority
- Samaai & Kelly, 2004
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Demospongiae
- Order
- Poecilosclerida
- Family
- Latrunculiidae
- Genus
- Cyclacanthia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumPorifera Grant, 1836
- classDemospongiae Sollas, 1885
- subclassHeteroscleromorpha Cárdenas, Pérez & Boury-Esnault, 2012
- orderPoecilosclerida Topsent, 1928
- familyLatrunculiidae Topsent, 1922
- genusCyclacanthia Samaai & Kelly, 2004
- speciesCyclacanthia mzimayiensis Samaai & Kelly, 2004
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cyclacanthia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclacanthia cloverlyae Samaai & Kelly, 2004 | LatrunculiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Samaai, T., Govender, V., & Kelly, M. (2004). Cyclacanthia n. g. (Demospongiae : Poecilosclerida : Latrunculiidae incertae sedis), a new genus of marine sponges from South African waters, and description of two new species. Zootaxa, 725: 1–18. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.725.1.1 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:32SJM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.