WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Heteroxyidae Dendy, 1905

Heteroxyidae Dendy, 1905
AphiaID: 165967

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order)

Status

accepted

Record
status

Checked by Taxonomic Editor

Rank

Family

Parent

Halichondrida

Synonymised
taxa

Desmoxyidae Hallmann, 1917 (junior synonym)

Sources

original description: Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3(Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). [details] [full text]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A. 2005. Resurrection of Desmoxya (Porifera: Halichondrida), with the description of a new species from Rockall Bank bathyal coral reefs, North Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association UK 85: 1367-1371. [details]

additional source: Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Desmoxyidae Hallmann, 1916. Pp. 755-772. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Hallmann, E.F. 1917b [1916]. A revision of the genera with microscleres included, or provisionally included, in the family Axinellidae; with descriptions of some Australian species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41(164): 634-675, pls XXIX,figs 3, 5, 6; XXXIII, fig. 6; XXXVIII, figs 5-9 [details] [view taxon] [full text]

All child
taxa
[hide all]

Genus Acanthoclada Bergquist, 1970

» Species Acanthoclada prostrata Bergquist, 1970

Genus Alloscleria Topsent, 1927

» Species Alloscleria tenuispinosa (Topsent, 1927)

Genus Desmoxya Hallmann, 1917

» Species Desmoxya lunata (Carter, 1885)
» Species Desmoxya pelagiae van Soest & Hooper, 2005

Genus Didiscus Dendy, 1922

Genus Halicnemia Bowerbank, 1864

» Variety Halicnemia constellata var. azorica Topsent, 1904 accepted as Paratimea azorica (Topsent, 1904)

» Species Halicnemia duplex Topsent, 1927 accepted as Paratimea duplex (Topsent, 1927)
» Species Halicnemia gallica (Topsent, 1893) accepted as Halicnemia patera Bowerbank, 1864
» Species Halicnemia loennbergi Alander, 1942 accepted as Paratimea loennbergi (Alander, 1942)
» Species Halicnemia loricata Sarà, 1958 accepted as Paratimea loricata (Sarà, 1958)
» Species Halicnemia tenuispinosa (Topsent, 1927) accepted as Alloscleria tenuispinosa (Topsent, 1927)

Genus Heteroxya Topsent, 1898

» Species Heteroxya corticata Topsent, 1898

Genus Higginsia Higgin, 1877

» Species Higginsia anfractuosa Hooper & Lévi, 1993
» Species Higginsia arborea (Keller, 1891)
» Species Higginsia bidentifera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
» Species Higginsia ciccaresei Pansini & Pesce, 1998
» Species Higginsia coralloides Higgin, 1877

» Variety Higginsia coralloides var. liberiensis Higgin, 1877
» Variety Higginsia coralloides var. arcuata Higgin, 1877 accepted as Halicnemia arcuata (Higgin, 1877)
» Variety Higginsia coralloides var. massalis Carter, 1885 accepted as Higginsia massalis Carter, 1885
» Variety Higginsia coralloides var. natalensis Carter, 1885 accepted as Higginsia natalensis Carter, 1885

Genus Julavis de Laubenfels, 1936

» Species Julavis jamaicensis van Soest & Lehnert, 1997
» Species Julavis levis (Kirkpatrick, 1900)

Genus Microxistyla Topsent, 1928

» Species Microxistyla petrina Topsent, 1928

Genus Myrmekioderma Ehlers, 1870

Genus Negombo Dendy, 1905

» Species Negombo acanthosanidastera (Hoshino, 1981)
» Species Negombo jogashimensis (Tanita & Hoshino, 1990)
» Species Negombo kellyae Hooper, 2002
» Species Negombo tenuistellata Dendy, 1905

Genus Parahigginsia Dendy, 1924

» Species Parahigginsia phakelloides Dendy, 1924

Genus Acanthoxifer Dendy, 1905 accepted as Myrmekioderma Ehlers, 1870

» Species Acanthoxifer ceylonensis Dendy, 1905 accepted as Myrmekioderma granulatum (Esper, 1794)
» Species Acanthoxifer fourmanoiri Lévi, 1956 accepted as Myrmekioderma granulatum (Esper, 1794)

Genus Allantella Hallmann, 1917 accepted as Higginsia Higgin, 1877

» Species Allantella arborea (Keller, 1891) accepted as Higginsia arborea (Keller, 1891)

Genus Anacanthaea Row, 1911 accepted as Myrmekioderma Ehlers, 1870

» Species Anacanthaea nivea Row, 1911 accepted as Myrmekioderma niveum (Row, 1911)
» Species Anacanthaea rea de Laubenfels, 1934 accepted as Myrmekioderma rea (de Laubenfels, 1934)

Genus Anacanthea Row, 1911 accepted as Myrmekioderma Ehlers, 1870
Genus Dendropsis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Higginsia Higgin, 1877

» Species Dendropsis bidentifera Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Higginsia bidentifera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
» Species Dendropsis mixta Hentschel, 1912 accepted as Higginsia mixta Hentschel, 1912

Genus Halicortex Sarà, 1958 accepted as Paratimea Hallmann, 1917

» Species Halicortex loricata (Sarà, 1958) accepted as Paratimea loricata (Sarà, 1958)

Genus Neoprosypa de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Myrmekioderma Ehlers, 1870

» Species Neoprosypa atina de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Myrmekioderma granulatum (Esper, 1794)

Genus Oxylatrunculia Hoshino, 1981 accepted as Negombo Dendy, 1905

» Species Oxylatrunculia acanthosanidastera Hoshino, 1981 accepted as Negombo acanthosanidastera (Hoshino, 1981)
» Species Oxylatrunculia jogashimensis Tanita & Hoshino, 1989 accepted as Negombo jogashimensis (Tanita & Hoshino, 1990)

Genus Quindesmia de Laubenfels, 1950 accepted as Halicnemia Bowerbank, 1864

» Species Quindesmia inflata (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Halicnemia patera Bowerbank, 1864

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Link

To GenBank

Note

This replaces the family Desmoxyidae as treated Systema Porifera. Name change was necessary for reasons of priority. [details]

LSID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165967

Taxonomic
Edit history

Date	action	by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z	created	db_admin
2005-09-03 12:24:27Z	changed	Vanden Berghe, Edward
2005-12-19 12:19:58Z	changed	Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-08-20 14:47:02Z	changed	van Soest, Rob

[Taxonomic tree] [List Species] [Distribution map] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images]

Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Heteroxyidae Dendy, 1905. 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=165967 on 2013-05-20

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License

WoRMS taxon details