WoRMS taxon details
Pronax Gray, 1867
AphiaID: 131956
AphiaID: 131956
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillina (Suborder) > Hymedesmiidae (Family) |
| Status |  unaccepted (Preoccupied and junior synonym) | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Phorbas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Spongia plumosa Montagu, 1818 (type by original designation) | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Gray, J.E. 1867a. Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] [full text]
basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Hymedesmiidae. In:Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera, a guide to the classification of sponges. Pp 575-593. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York. [details] additional source: Kelly, M. (2009). Demospongiae, Calcarea (Porifera). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Pronax anchorata Bergquist & Fromont, 1988 accepted as Myxilla (Styloptilon) anchorata (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988) Species Pronax benguelensis Uriz, 1984 accepted as Phorbas benguelensis (Uriz, 1984) Species Pronax clathrata Lévi, 1963 accepted as Phorbas clathratus (Lévi, 1963) Species Pronax dives (Topsent, 1891) accepted as Phorbas dives (Topsent, 1891) Species Pronax domini Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982 accepted as Phorbas domini (Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982) Species Pronax epizoaria Lévi, 1958 accepted as Phorbas epizoaria (Lévi, 1958) Species Pronax fibrosa Lévi, 1963 accepted as Phorbas fibrosus (Lévi, 1963) Species Pronax fibulatum (Topsent, 1893) accepted as Phorbas fibulatus (Topsent, 1893) Species Pronax fulva Bergquist & Fromont, 1988 accepted as Phorbas fulvus (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988) Species Pronax lamellata Lévi, 1963 accepted as Phorbas lamellatus (Lévi, 1963) Species Pronax lieberkuehni (Burton, 1930) accepted as Phorbas lieberkuehni (Burton, 1930) Species Pronax lobata (Hancock, 1849) accepted as Cliona lobata Hancock, 1849 Species Pronax microchelifer (Cabioch, 1968) accepted as Phorbas microchelifer (Cabioch, 1968) Species Pronax plumosa (Montagu, 1818) accepted as Phorbas plumosus (Montagu, 1818) Species Pronax pustulosa (Carter, 1882) accepted as Phorbas pustulosus (Carter, 1882) Species Pronax repens (Topsent, 1904) accepted as Phorbas repens (Topsent, 1904) Species Pronax scabida sensu Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 accepted as Phorbas scabida (sensu Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976) | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Pronax was erected twice by Gray, 1867. The senior one, by page priority, was erected for Cliona lobata Hancock and thus is a junior synonym of Cliona; the preoccupied second one was erected for Spongia plumosa Montagu, which is a Phorbas. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131956 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Pronax Gray, 1867. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131956 on 2013-05-18 | |||||||||||||||||
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