Porifera taxon details
Dysidea variabilis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
164974 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164974)
accepted
Species
Amphimedon variabilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Amphimedon variabilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 80-81; pl XXi fig 4 & pl XXII fig 2 [details]
page(s): 80-81; pl XXi fig 4 & pl XXII fig 2 [details]
Lectotype (of Amphimedon variabilis Duchassaing &...
Lectotype (of Amphimedon variabilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 37, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Dysidea variabilis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=164974 on 2025-08-24
original description
(of Amphimedon variabilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 80-81; pl XXi fig 4 & pl XXII fig 2 [details]
original description (of Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
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context source (Bermuda) Thomas, M. L. et al. (1992). Biotic Characteristics of the Anchialine Ponds of Bermuda. Bulletin of Marine Science, 50(1): 133-157 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94. [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ulgalde, D., Gómez, P. & Simôes, N. (2015). Marine sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the Gulf of México, new records and redescription of <i>Erylus trisphaerus</i> (de Laubenfels, 1953). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3911 (2): 151-183., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3911.2.1
page(s): 177-178; fig 20C-D, 22D [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record (of Amphimedon variabilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94. [details]
additional source (of Amphimedon variabilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. (1983). Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). <em>Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 9 (21): 189-205.
page(s): 197-198 [details]
additional source (of Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 3: 1-217.
page(s): 145 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source (of Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1953). Sponges from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 2(3): 511-557.
page(s): 515-516 [details]
additional source (of Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936) Little, F.J. Jr. (1963). The sponge fauna of the St. George's Sound, Apalache Bay, and Panama City Regions of the Florida Gulf Coast. <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology 11(2).</em> 31-71.
page(s): 36 [details]
additional source (of Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936) Tanita, S.; Hoshino, T. (1989). The Demospongiae of Sagami Bay. <em>Biological Laboratory, Imperial Household: Japan.</em> i-xiii, 1-197 [in English], pls 1-19; 1-166 [in Japanese], 1 map.
page(s): 183; note: Misapplication. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source (of Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1950). The Porifera of the Bermuda archipelago. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 27(1): 1-154.
page(s): 26-28 [details]
source of synonymy (of Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94. [details]
page(s): 80-81; pl XXi fig 4 & pl XXII fig 2 [details]
original description (of Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (Bermuda) Thomas, M. L. et al. (1992). Biotic Characteristics of the Anchialine Ponds of Bermuda. Bulletin of Marine Science, 50(1): 133-157 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94. [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ulgalde, D., Gómez, P. & Simôes, N. (2015). Marine sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the Gulf of México, new records and redescription of <i>Erylus trisphaerus</i> (de Laubenfels, 1953). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3911 (2): 151-183., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3911.2.1
page(s): 177-178; fig 20C-D, 22D [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record (of Amphimedon variabilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94. [details]
additional source (of Amphimedon variabilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. (1983). Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). <em>Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 9 (21): 189-205.
page(s): 197-198 [details]
additional source (of Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 3: 1-217.
page(s): 145 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source (of Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1953). Sponges from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 2(3): 511-557.
page(s): 515-516 [details]
additional source (of Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936) Little, F.J. Jr. (1963). The sponge fauna of the St. George's Sound, Apalache Bay, and Panama City Regions of the Florida Gulf Coast. <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology 11(2).</em> 31-71.
page(s): 36 [details]
additional source (of Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936) Tanita, S.; Hoshino, T. (1989). The Demospongiae of Sagami Bay. <em>Biological Laboratory, Imperial Household: Japan.</em> i-xiii, 1-197 [in English], pls 1-19; 1-166 [in Japanese], 1 map.
page(s): 183; note: Misapplication. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source (of Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1950). The Porifera of the Bermuda archipelago. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 27(1): 1-154.
page(s): 26-28 [details]
source of synonymy (of Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Amphimedon variabilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 37, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | キイロフクロカイメン [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Amphimedon variabilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Amphimedon variabilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (7 records) (from synonym Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 22454) (from synonym Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 000722.PR)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Amphimedon variabilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Amphimedon variabilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (7 records) (from synonym Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 22454) (from synonym Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 000722.PR)
To ITIS
