WoRMS taxon details
Alectona Carter, 1879
132025 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132025)
accepted
Genus
Alectona millari Carter, 1879 (type by monotypy)
Nisella Johnson, 1899 · unaccepted (preoccupied and junior synonym)
Species Alectona jamaicensis Pang, 1973
Species Alectona mesatlantica Vacelet, 1999
Species Alectona microspiculata Bavestrello, Calcinai, Cerrano & Sarà, 1998
Species Alectona millari Carter, 1879
Species Alectona primitiva Topsent, 1932
Species Alectona ricardi Calcinai & Bertolino, 2022
Species Alectona sarai Calcinai, Cerrano, Iwasaki & Bavestrello, 2008
Species Alectona sorrentini Bavestrello, Calcinai, Cerrano & Sarà, 1998
Species Alectona triradiata Lévi & Lévi, 1983
Species Alectona verticillata (Johnson, 1899)
Species Alectona wallichii (Carter, 1874)
Species Alectona higgini Carter, 1880 accepted as Delectona higgini (Carter, 1880)
Species Alectona mesatlantica Vacelet, 1999
Species Alectona microspiculata Bavestrello, Calcinai, Cerrano & Sarà, 1998
Species Alectona millari Carter, 1879
Species Alectona primitiva Topsent, 1932
Species Alectona ricardi Calcinai & Bertolino, 2022
Species Alectona sarai Calcinai, Cerrano, Iwasaki & Bavestrello, 2008
Species Alectona sorrentini Bavestrello, Calcinai, Cerrano & Sarà, 1998
Species Alectona triradiata Lévi & Lévi, 1983
Species Alectona verticillata (Johnson, 1899)
Species Alectona wallichii (Carter, 1874)
Species Alectona higgini Carter, 1880 accepted as Delectona higgini (Carter, 1880)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Carter, H.J. (1879). On a New Species of Excavating Sponge (<i>Alectona millari</i>); and on a New Species of <i>Rhaphidotheca</i> (<i>R. affinis</i>). <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 2: 493-499, plsXVII-XVIIa. [details] 
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Carballo, J.L.; 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.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2023). World Porifera Database. Alectona Carter, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132025 on 2023-02-07
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original description
Carter, H.J. (1879). On a New Species of Excavating Sponge (<i>Alectona millari</i>); and on a New Species of <i>Rhaphidotheca</i> (<i>R. affinis</i>). <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 2: 493-499, plsXVII-XVIIa. [details]
original description (of Nisella Johnson, 1899) Johnson, J.Y. (1899). Notes on some Sponges belonging to the Clionidae obtained at Madeira. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 1899.</em> 461-463, pl. VI. [details]
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Alectonidae Rosell, 1996. Pp. 281-290. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Alectonidae Rosell, 1996. Pp. 281-290. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Borchiellini,C., Alivon,E. & Vacelet, J. 2004. The systematic position of Alectona (Porifera, Demospongiae): a tetractinellid sponge.Boll. Mus. Ist. Biol. Univ. Genova, 68: 209-217 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cárdenas, P.; Xavier, J.R.; Reveillaud, J.; Schander, C.; Rapp, H.T. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiaep) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 6 (4), e18318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018318 [details]
additional source Vacelet, J. (1999). Planktonic armoured propagules of the excavating sponge <i>Alectona</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae) are larvae: evidence from <i>Alectona wallichii</i> and <i>A. mesatlantica</i> sp. nov.<i> In</i>: Hooper JNA (ed) Origin and Outlook. Proceedings of the 5th International Sponge Symposium 1998. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 44, 627-642. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Rosell, D.; Uriz, M.J. (1997). Phylogenetic Relationships within the Excavating Hadromerida (Porifera), with a Systematic Revision. <em>Cladistics.</em> 13 (4): 349-366. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Nisella Johnson, 1899) Johnson, J.Y. (1899). Notes on some Sponges belonging to the Clionidae obtained at Madeira. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 1899.</em> 461-463, pl. VI. [details]
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Alectonidae Rosell, 1996. Pp. 281-290. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request] basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Alectonidae Rosell, 1996. Pp. 281-290. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Borchiellini,C., Alivon,E. & Vacelet, J. 2004. The systematic position of Alectona (Porifera, Demospongiae): a tetractinellid sponge.Boll. Mus. Ist. Biol. Univ. Genova, 68: 209-217 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Cárdenas, P.; Xavier, J.R.; Reveillaud, J.; Schander, C.; Rapp, H.T. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiaep) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 6 (4), e18318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018318 [details]
additional source Vacelet, J. (1999). Planktonic armoured propagules of the excavating sponge <i>Alectona</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae) are larvae: evidence from <i>Alectona wallichii</i> and <i>A. mesatlantica</i> sp. nov.<i> In</i>: Hooper JNA (ed) Origin and Outlook. Proceedings of the 5th International Sponge Symposium 1998. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 44, 627-642. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls. [details] Available for editors
[request] status source Rosell, D.; Uriz, M.J. (1997). Phylogenetic Relationships within the Excavating Hadromerida (Porifera), with a Systematic Revision. <em>Cladistics.</em> 13 (4): 349-366. [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alectona species; BMNH 82.4.27.4, unrecorded catalog number)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alectona species; BMNH 82.4.27.4, unrecorded catalog number)
To ITIS
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