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Porifera taxon details

Iotrochota birotulata (Higgin, 1877)

169379  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169379)

accepted
Species
Halichondria birotulata Higgin, 1877 · alternative representation (genus transfer)
Hyrtios musciformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Iotrochota bistylata Boury-Esnault, 1973 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Halichondria birotulata Higgin, 1877) Higgin, T. (1877). Description of some Sponges obtained during a Cruise of the Steam-Yacht ‘Argo' in the Caribbean and neighbouring Seas. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 19: 291-299, pl. XIV.
page(s): 296-299; pl XIV fig 11-15 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Holotype  (of Halichondria birotulata Higgin, 1877)...  
Holotype (of Halichondria birotulata Higgin, 1877) BMNH 1877.3.9.1, geounit Greater Antilles [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Iotrochota birotulata (Higgin, 1877). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=169379 on 2024-04-19
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original description  (of Iotrochota bistylata Boury-Esnault, 1973) Boury-Esnault, N. (1973). Résultats Scientifiques des Campagnes de la ‘Calypso'. Campagne de la ‘Calypso' au large des côtes atlantiques de l'Amérique du Sud (1961-1962). I. 29. Spongiaires. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 49 (Supplement 10): 263-295.
page(s): 281 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Halichondria birotulata Higgin, 1877) Higgin, T. (1877). Description of some Sponges obtained during a Cruise of the Steam-Yacht ‘Argo' in the Caribbean and neighbouring Seas. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 19: 291-299, pl. XIV.
page(s): 296-299; pl XIV fig 11-15 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Hyrtios musciformis 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): 75-76; pl XIV fig 3 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record Rützler, K.; Maldonado. M.; Piantoni, C.; Riesgo, A. (2007). <i>Iotrochota</i> revisited: a new sponge and review of species from the western tropical Atlantic (Poecilosclerida: Iotrochotidae). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 21: 173-185.
page(s): 175-179 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Lehnert, H. (1993). Die Schwämme von Cozumel (Mexiko). Bestandsaufnahme, kritischer Vergleich taxonomischer Merkmale, und Beschreibung einer neuen Art (The sponges from Cozumel (Mexico). Inventory, critical comparison of taxonomic characters and description of a new species. <em>Acta Biolologica Benrodis.</em> 5: 35-127 (in German, with abstracts in German and English).
page(s): 52-53 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Rützler, K.; Díaz, M.C.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Zea, S.; Smith, K.P.; Alvarez, B.; Wulff, J. (2000). Diversity of sponge fauna in mangrove ponds, Pelican Cays, Belize. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 476: 230-248.
page(s): 236 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 13 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

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  PDF available [request] 

additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 163-164 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 66-67 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Díaz, M.C.; Smith, K.P.; Rützler, K. (2004). Species richness and abundance as indicators of mangrove epibenthic community health. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 518, 2-17.
page(s): 5 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4217: 1-225., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1
page(s): 143 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 11 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Cedro, V.R.; Hajdu, E.; Sovierzosky, H.H.; Correia, M.D. (2007). Demospongiae (Porifera) of the shallow coral reefs of Maceió, Alagoas State, Brazil. pp 233-237 <i>In</i>: Custódio MR, Lôbo-Hajdu G, Hajdu E, Muricy G (eds) Porifera Research. Biodiversity, Innovation and Sustainability. Livros de Museu Nacional 28, Rio de Janeiro,.
page(s): 234 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Lizarazo, N.; Zea, S. (2024). Sponges in the continental shelf (73 – 210 m) of the southwestern area of Isla Fuerte and Alta Guajira, with the description of new records for the Colombian Caribbean. <em>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras.</em> 53(1): 87-116., available online at https://doi.org/10.25268/bimc.invemar.2024.53.1.1266
page(s): 95 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Alcolado, P.M. 1976. Lista de nuevos registros de Poriferos para Cuba.Serie Oceanológica. Instituto de Oceanologia. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba. Oceanologia (36): 1-11.
page(s): 5 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Hechtel, G.J. (1965). A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 20: 1-103.
page(s): 79 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source 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): 49; pl 9 fig 1; pl 17 fig 1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source 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): 522 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 88 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 139-141; fig 61 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1984). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. <i>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands</i>. 66 (199): 1-167.
page(s): 38-40; fig 11 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 138-139 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Wintermann-Kilian, G.; Kilian, E.F. (1984). Marine Sponges of the Region of Santa Marta (Colombia). Part II. Homosclerophorida, Choristida, Spirophorida, Hadromerida, Axinellida, Halichondrida, Poecilosclerida. <em>Studies on the Neotropical Fauna and Environment.</em> 19(3): 121-135.
page(s): 133 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Zea, S. (1987). Esponjas del Caribe Colombiano. (Catálogo Cientifico: Bogotá, Colombia): 1-286.
page(s): 149-152; fig 49 [details]   

additional source Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 272 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record  (of Hyrtios musciformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1984). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. <i>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands</i>. 66 (199): 1-167. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record  (of Iotrochota bistylata Boury-Esnault, 1973) Rützler, K.; Maldonado. M.; Piantoni, C.; Riesgo, A. (2007). <i>Iotrochota</i> revisited: a new sponge and review of species from the western tropical Atlantic (Poecilosclerida: Iotrochotidae). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 21: 173-185.
page(s): 179 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record  (of Halichondria birotulata Higgin, 1877) Rützler, K.; Maldonado. M.; Piantoni, C.; Riesgo, A. (2007). <i>Iotrochota</i> revisited: a new sponge and review of species from the western tropical Atlantic (Poecilosclerida: Iotrochotidae). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 21: 173-185.
page(s): 175 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Hyrtios musciformis 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 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

source of synonymy  (of Iotrochota bistylata Boury-Esnault, 1973) Hechtel, G.J. (1976). Zoogeography of Brazilian Marine Demospongiae. <i>In</i>: Harrison, F.W. & Cowden, R.R. (Eds), Aspects of Sponge Biology. (Academic Press: New York & London): i-xiii, 1-354. Pp. 237-260. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype (of Halichondria birotulata Higgin, 1877) BMNH 1877.3.9.1, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
Nontype ZMA Por. 03492, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Nontype ZMA Por. 03886d, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
Nontype ZMA Por. 04614, geounit Southern Caribbean [details]
Nontype ZMA Por. 04624, geounit Southern Caribbean [details]
Nontype ZMA Por. 04778d, geounit Southern Caribbean [details]
Nontype ZMA Por. 04887, geounit Southern Caribbean [details]


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