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] [full text] 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]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Acanthoclada Bergquist, 1970 Genus Alloscleria Topsent, 1927 Genus Desmoxya Hallmann, 1917 Genus Didiscus Dendy, 1922 Genus Halicnemia Bowerbank, 1864 Genus Heteroxya Topsent, 1898 Genus Higginsia Higgin, 1877 Genus Julavis de Laubenfels, 1936 Genus Microxistyla Topsent, 1928 Genus Myrmekioderma Ehlers, 1870 Genus Negombo Dendy, 1905 Genus Parahigginsia Dendy, 1924 Genus Acanthoxifer Dendy, 1905 accepted as Myrmekioderma Ehlers, 1870 Genus Allantella Hallmann, 1917 accepted as Higginsia Higgin, 1877 Genus Anacanthaea Row, 1911 accepted as Myrmekioderma Ehlers, 1870 Genus Anacanthea Row, 1911 accepted as Myrmekioderma Ehlers, 1870 Genus Dendropsis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Higginsia Higgin, 1877 Genus Halicortex Sarà, 1958 accepted as Paratimea Hallmann, 1917 Genus Neoprosypa de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Myrmekioderma Ehlers, 1870 Genus Oxylatrunculia Hoshino, 1981 accepted as Negombo Dendy, 1905 Genus Quindesmia de Laubenfels, 1950 accepted as Halicnemia 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
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		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: 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 at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=165967 on 2013-05-23