Dendroxea adumbrata Corriero, Scalera-Liaci & Pronzato, 1996
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
- Dendroxea adumbrata Corriero, Scalera-Liaci & Pronzato, 1996
- Name authority
- Corriero, Scalera-Liaci & Pronzato, 1996
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Demospongiae
- Order
- Haplosclerida
- Family
- Chalinidae
- Genus
- Dendroxea
- 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
- orderHaplosclerida Topsent, 1928
- familyChalinidae Bowerbank, 1862
- genusDendroxea Griessinger, 1971
- speciesDendroxea adumbrata Corriero, Scalera-Liaci & Pronzato, 1996
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dendroxea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dendroxea lenis (Topsent, 1892) | ChalinidaePorifera | 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.
- Corriero, G., Scalera-Liaci, L., & Pronzato, R. (1996). Two new species of Dendroxea Griessinger (Porifera : Desmospongiae) from the Mediterranean Sea. Bulletin de l’Institut Royal Des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 66 suppl.: 197–203. 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:34SQ4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.