WoRMS taxon details
Callyspongia (Callyspongia) fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
166185 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166185)
accepted
Species
Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Callyspongia repens Little, 1963 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Ceraochalina vanderhorsti Arndt, 1927 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Patuloscula procumbens Carter, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Siphonochalina procumbens (Carter, 1882) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Siphonochalina procumbens var. infirma Wilson, 1902 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Callyspongia fallax 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11943
page(s): 57; [details]
page(s): 57; [details]
Lectotype (of Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing &...
Lectotype (of Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 84, geounit Eastern Caribbean [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. Callyspongia (Callyspongia) fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166185 on 2026-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Callyspongia fallax 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11943
page(s): 57; [details]
original description (of Callyspongia repens Little, 1963) Little, F.J. Jr. (1963). The sponge fauna of the St. George's Sound, Apalache Bay, and Panama City Regions of the Florida Gulf Coast. <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology 11(2).</em> 31-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.7050
page(s): 42-43; fig 13 [details]
original description (of Patuloscula procumbens Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
page(s): 365 [details]
original description (of Ceraochalina vanderhorsti Arndt, 1927) Arndt, W. (1927). Kalk- und Kieselschwämme von Curaçao. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 25: 133-158, pls I-III., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-02501006
page(s): 154-155; fig 16-18, pl II fig 1 & 4 [details]
original description (of Siphonochalina procumbens var. infirma Wilson, 1902) Wilson, H.V. (1902 [1900]). The sponges collected in Porto Rico in 1899 by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Fish Hawk. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> 2: 375-411.
page(s): 393-394 [details]
basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Callyspongiidae de Laubenfels, 1936. Pp. 835-851. <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 Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Callyspongiidae de Laubenfels, 1936. Pp. 835-851. <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)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_90 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 57; [details]
original description (of Callyspongia repens Little, 1963) Little, F.J. Jr. (1963). The sponge fauna of the St. George's Sound, Apalache Bay, and Panama City Regions of the Florida Gulf Coast. <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology 11(2).</em> 31-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.7050
page(s): 42-43; fig 13 [details]
original description (of Patuloscula procumbens Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
page(s): 365 [details]
original description (of Ceraochalina vanderhorsti Arndt, 1927) Arndt, W. (1927). Kalk- und Kieselschwämme von Curaçao. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 25: 133-158, pls I-III., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-02501006
page(s): 154-155; fig 16-18, pl II fig 1 & 4 [details]
original description (of Siphonochalina procumbens var. infirma Wilson, 1902) Wilson, H.V. (1902 [1900]). The sponges collected in Porto Rico in 1899 by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Fish Hawk. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> 2: 375-411.
page(s): 393-394 [details]
basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Callyspongiidae de Laubenfels, 1936. Pp. 835-851. <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 Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Callyspongiidae de Laubenfels, 1936. Pp. 835-851. <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)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_90 [details] Available for editors
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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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20800977
page(s): 97-98 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Busutil, L.; García-Hernández, M.R.; Díaz, M.C.; Pomponi, S.A. (2018). Mesophotic sponges of the genus <i>Callyspongia</i> (Demospongiae, Haplosclerida) from Cuba, with the description of two new species. <i>in</i>: Deep Sea and Cave Sponges, Klautau, M., Pérez, T., Cárdenas, P. & de Voogd, N. (eds). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4466 (1): 78-94., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4466.1.9
page(s): 82, table 2 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1980). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 104. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 62 (191): 1-173.
page(s): 47-49; fig 16 [details]
additional source Zea, S. (1987). Esponjas del Caribe Colombiano. (Catálogo Cientifico: Bogotá, Colombia): 1-286. , available online at http://ISBN 958-9068-05-7
page(s): 99-101; fig 27 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 97-98 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Busutil, L.; García-Hernández, M.R.; Díaz, M.C.; Pomponi, S.A. (2018). Mesophotic sponges of the genus <i>Callyspongia</i> (Demospongiae, Haplosclerida) from Cuba, with the description of two new species. <i>in</i>: Deep Sea and Cave Sponges, Klautau, M., Pérez, T., Cárdenas, P. & de Voogd, N. (eds). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4466 (1): 78-94., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4466.1.9
page(s): 82, table 2 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1980). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 104. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 62 (191): 1-173.
page(s): 47-49; fig 16 [details]
additional source Zea, S. (1987). Esponjas del Caribe Colombiano. (Catálogo Cientifico: Bogotá, Colombia): 1-286. , available online at http://ISBN 958-9068-05-7
page(s): 99-101; fig 27 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 84, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ホソクダカリナ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) (from synonym Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ceraochalina vanderhorsti Arndt, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Callyspongia repens Little, 1963)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Siphonochalina procumbens (Carter, 1882))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Patuloscula procumbens Carter, 1882)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callyspongia fallax) (from synonym Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Siphonochalina procumbens (Carter, 1882))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (31 records) (from synonym Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 23551) (from synonym Callyspongia repens Little, 1963)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 7674) (from synonym Siphonochalina procumbens (Carter, 1882))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 007698.PR) (from synonym Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ceraochalina vanderhorsti Arndt, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Callyspongia repens Little, 1963)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Siphonochalina procumbens (Carter, 1882))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Patuloscula procumbens Carter, 1882)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callyspongia fallax) (from synonym Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Siphonochalina procumbens (Carter, 1882))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (31 records) (from synonym Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 23551) (from synonym Callyspongia repens Little, 1963)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 7674) (from synonym Siphonochalina procumbens (Carter, 1882))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 007698.PR) (from synonym Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
