Iotrochota birotulata (Higgin, 1877) 
AphiaID: 169379

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillina (Suborder) > Iotrochotidae (Family) > Iotrochota (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Iotrochota Ridley, 1884
Synonymised taxa		Halichondria birotulata Higgin, 1876 (genus transfer) Hyrtios musciformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (genus transfer and junior synonym) Iotrochota bistylata Boury-Esnault, 1973 (junior synonym)
Sources		original description: Higgin, T. 1877. Description of some Sponges obtained during a Cruise of the Steam-Yacht ‘Argo’ in the Caribbean and neighbouring Seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 19: 291-299, pl. XIV. [details] [full text] basis of record: Rützler, K.; Maldonado. M.; Piantoni, C.; Riesgo, A. 2007. Iotrochota revisited: a new sponge and review of species from the western tropical Atlantic (Poecilosclerida: Iotrochotidae). Invertebrate Systematics 21: 173-185.  [details] additional source: Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936a. 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. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper N° 467) 30: 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] from synonym: 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. Annales de l’Institut océanographique 49 (Supplement 10): 263-295. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Duchassaing De Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. 1864. Spongiaires de la mer Caraïbe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1984b. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 62 (191): 1-173. [details] [view taxon] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Barbados [details] Belize [details] Bonaire [details] Brazil (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Caribbean Sea [details] Cayman Islands [details] Colombia [details] Costa Rica [details] Cuba [details] Curaçao [details] Eastern Caribbean [details] Florida [details] Florida Keys [details] Floridian [details] Greater Antilles [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Hispaniola [details] Jamaica [details] Mexico [details] Netherlands Antilles [details] Northeastern Brazil [details] Panama [details] Puerto Rico [details] Southern Caribbean [details] Venezuela [details] Virgin Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Western Caribbean [details]
Specimens		Holotype (from synonym): BMNH 1877.3.9.1, locality Jamaica [view taxon] Nontype: ZMA Por. 04614, locality Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, Piscadera Baai, innerbay, on piles of Hilton Hotel landing) [details] Nontype: ZMA Por. 04778d, locality Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, 300 m W of Hilton Hotel, on Meandrina) [details] Nontype: ZMA Por. 04887, locality Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, Fuikbaai, E corner, muddy rock debris) [details] Nontype: ZMA Por. 04624, locality Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, NW Klein Bonaire, Carl's Hill) [details] Nontype: ZMA Por. 03492, locality Netherlands Antilles (St. Martin, Little Bay) [details] Holotype (from synonym): MNHN DNBE 951, locality Northeastern Brazil (Brazil, off the Pernambuco coast, stat. 40) [view taxon] Nontype: ZMA Por. 03886d, locality United States part of the Gulf of Mexico (Puerto Rico) [details] Holotype (from synonym): ZMA Por. 01427, locality Virgin Islands (St. Thomas) [view taxon]
Links		To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 34 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To Sponge Barcoding Database (Iotrochota birotulata) To Sponge Barcoding Database (Iotrochota birotulata) To Sponge Barcoding Database (Iotrochota birotulata) To Sponge Barcoding Database (Iotrochota birotulata) To The Sponge Guide To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169379
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2005-09-09 16:45:37Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2007-05-24 18:13:03Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Iotrochota birotulata (Higgin, 1877). 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=169379 on 2013-05-24