Neoernsta nom. nov. (Calcarea, Porifera), a new genus name to replace Ernsta Klautau, Azevedo & Cóndor-Luján, 2021 Author Deshmukh, Umakant Bhoopati text Zootaxa 2023 2023-08-17 5330 4 597 599 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5330.4.7 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.4.7 1175-5326 8255406 Genus Neoernsta Deshmukh nom. nov. Ernsta Klautau, Azevedo & Cóndor-Luján, 2021: 398 ( Calcarea ; Clathrinida ; Clathrinidae ), type species: Ernsta tetractina ( Klautau and Borojevic 2001 ) . Preoccupied by Ernsta Grishin, 2020: 185 ( Insecta ; Lepidoptera ; Hesperiidae ), type species: Ernsta colotes (Druce, 1875) . Type species . Neoernsta tetractina ( Klautau & Borojevic 2001 ) . comb. nov. Etymology. From the preexisting name Ernsta , the prefix “Neo-” from the Greek “neos” meaning new.