Tetrapocillon kurushimensis

Tetrapocillon kurushimensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Guitarridae
Genus: Tetrapocillon
Species:
T. kurushimensis
Binomial name
Tetrapocillon kurushimensis
Tanita, 1961

Tetrapocillon kurushimensis is a species of demosponge belonging to the family Guitarridae.[1]

The genus was first described in 1961 by Senji Tanita,[1][2]

The species epithet, kurushimensis, describes it as being found in the Kurushima Strait of Japan. It is also found in seas off the Korean peninsula.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "GBIF: Tetrapocillon kurushimensis Tanita, 1961". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  2. ^ Tanita, S. (1961). Report on the sponges collected from the Kurushima Strait, Seto Inland Sea. Memoirs of the Ehime University, Sect II (B), 4: 335–354
  3. ^ "국립생물자원관 한반도의 생물다양성 NIBR Detail: Tetrapocillon kurushimensis Tanita, 1961". species.nibr.go.kr. Retrieved 1 February 2026.