World Porifera Database - Species - Theonella Gray, 1868

WoRMS taxon details

Theonella Gray, 1868

AphiaID

171248 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171248)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Theonella swinhoei Gray, 1868 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903

Original name

Theonella Gray, 1868

Synonymised names

Rhachella Sollas, 1888 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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Species Theonella annulata Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Theonella atlantica van Soest & Stentoft, 1988
Species Theonella complicata (Carter, 1880)
Species Theonella conica (Kieschnick, 1896)
Species Theonella cupola Burton, 1928
Species Theonella cylindrica Wilson, 1925
Species Theonella deliqua Hall, Ekins & Hooper, 2014
Species Theonella ferruginea Zittel, 1878
Species Theonella incerta Thiele, 1900
Species Theonella invaginata Wilson, 1925
Species Theonella lacerata Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Theonella laena Lim & Tan, 2016
Species Theonella levior Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Theonella maricae Hall, Ekins & Hooper, 2014
Species Theonella mirabilis (de Laubenfels, 1954)
Species Theonella pulchrifolia Dendy, 1922
Species Theonella swinhoei Gray, 1868
Species Theonella timmi Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019
Species Theonella wrightae Pisera & Pomponi, 2015
Species Theonella xantha (Sutcliffe, Hooper & Pitcher, 2010)
Species Theonella calyx (Döderlein, 1884) accepted as Discodermia calyx Döderlein, 1884 (reverted genus transfer)
Species Theonella discifera Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Discodermia discifera (Lendenfeld, 1907) (genus transfer)
Species Theonella pratti (Bowerbank, 1869) accepted as Theonella swinhoei Gray, 1868 (junior synonym and misspelling of species name)
Species Theonella prattii (Bowerbank, 1869) accepted as Theonella swinhoei Gray, 1868 (junior synonym)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1868). Note on Theonella, a new genus of coralloid sponges from Formosa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3: 565-566. [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Theonella Gray, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171248 on 2025-04-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

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2006-12-09 19:55:42Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2019-04-26 18:17:15Z

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Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2020-12-16 10:32:25Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1868). Note on Theonella, a new genus of coralloid sponges from Formosa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3: 565-566. [details]

original description (of Rhachella Sollas, 1888) Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 281 [details]

basis of record Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903. Pp. 327-337. In: Hooper, J. N.A.; Van Soest, R. W.M 2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. Vol I. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers), NY,. 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002). Family Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903. Pp. 327-337. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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Language	Name
Japanese	ヨツウデデスマカイメン属	[details]

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Theonella swinhoei DMS

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