WoRMS taxon details
Ridleia Dendy, 1888
132049 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132049)
accepted
Genus
Ridleia oviformis Dendy, 1888 (type by original designation)
- Species Ridleia dendyi de Laubenfels, 1934
- Species Ridleia echidna Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2023
- Species Ridleia oviformis Dendy, 1888
- Species Ridleia dendiia de Laubenfels, 1934 accepted as Ridleia dendyi de Laubenfels, 1934 (lapsus calami)
- Species Ridleia peleia de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Spheciospongia peleia (de Laubenfels, 1954) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Dendy, A. (1888). Studies on the Comparative Anatomy of Sponges. I. On the genera <i>Ridleia</i>, n. gen., and <i>Quasillina</i>, Norman. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> 28 (2): 513-529, pl. XLII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.s2-28.112.513
page(s): 515 [details]
page(s): 515 [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Ridleia Dendy, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132049 on 2026-02-27
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Dendy, A. (1888). Studies on the Comparative Anatomy of Sponges. I. On the genera <i>Ridleia</i>, n. gen., and <i>Quasillina</i>, Norman. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> 28 (2): 513-529, pl. XLII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.s2-28.112.513
page(s): 515 [details]
basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_22
page(s): 211 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002 [2004]). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 515 [details]
basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_22
page(s): 211 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002 [2004]). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5. [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Ekins, M.; Erpenbeck, D.; Wörheide, G.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2023). Deep Water Polymastiidae (Porifera, Polymastiida) from the South West Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5369(1): 57-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5369.1.3
page(s): 74 [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]
page(s): 74 [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
