WoRMS taxon details
Pheronema annae Leidy, 1868
171558 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171558)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leidy, J. (1868). 'Description of a new sponge: <i>Pheronema annae</i>'. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1868(6) Biological and Microscopical department of the Academy of Natural Sciences.</em> 9-10.
page(s): 10 [details]
page(s): 10 [details]
Type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean
type locality contained in 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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Pheronema annae Leidy, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171558 on 2026-11-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Leidy, J. (1868). 'Description of a new sponge: <i>Pheronema annae</i>'. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1868(6) Biological and Microscopical department of the Academy of Natural Sciences.</em> 9-10.
page(s): 10 [details]
basis of record Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 239-241 [details]
basis of record Tabachnick, K.R.; Menshenina, L.L. (2002 [2004]). Family Pheronematidae Gray, 1870. pp. 1267-1280. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002 [2004]) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes). (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow), 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Tabachnick, K.R.; Menshenina, L.L. (2002). Family Pheronematidae Gray, 1870. pp. 1267-1280. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes). (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow), 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_129 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 10 [details]
basis of record Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 239-241 [details]
basis of record Tabachnick, K.R.; Menshenina, L.L. (2002 [2004]). Family Pheronematidae Gray, 1870. pp. 1267-1280. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002 [2004]) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes). (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow), 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Tabachnick, K.R.; Menshenina, L.L. (2002). Family Pheronematidae Gray, 1870. pp. 1267-1280. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes). (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow), 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_129 [details] Available for editors
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redescription
Tabachnick, K.R.; Menshenina, L.L. (2002 [2004]). Family Pheronematidae Gray, 1870. pp. 1267-1280. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002 [2004]) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes). (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow), 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Tabachnick, K.R.; Menshenina, L.L. (2002). Family Pheronematidae Gray, 1870. pp. 1267-1280. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes). (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow), 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_129 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Tabachnick, K.R.; Menshenina, L.L. (2002). Family Pheronematidae Gray, 1870. pp. 1267-1280. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes). (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow), 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_129 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Leidy, J. (1870). Remarks on some curious sponges. <em>American Naturalist.</em> IV: 17-22.
page(s): 22 [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 Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. <i>In</i>: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena).
page(s): 64-65 [details]
additional source Schulze, F.E. (1893). Revision des Systemes der Hyalonematiden. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 30: 541-589.
page(s): 561-562 [details]
page(s): 22 [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 Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. <i>In</i>: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena).
page(s): 64-65 [details]
additional source Schulze, F.E. (1893). Revision des Systemes der Hyalonematiden. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 30: 541-589.
page(s): 561-562 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype MANSP, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
