WoRMS taxon details
Theonella swinhoei Gray, 1868
171264 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171264)
accepted
Species
Dactylocalyx prattii Bowerbank, 1869 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Theonella pratti (Bowerbank, 1869) · unaccepted (junior synonym and misspelling of...)
junior synonym and misspelling of species name
Theonella prattii (Bowerbank, 1869) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Theonella swinhoei var. verrucosa Wilson, 1925 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Variety Theonella swinhoei var. verrucosa Wilson, 1925 accepted as Theonella swinhoei Gray, 1868 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1868). Note on <i>Theonella</i>, a new genus of coralloid sponges from Formosa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 3: 565-566. [details] 
Holotype BMNH 1865.12.15.2, geounit Taiwanese... , Type locality contained in East China Sea
Holotype BMNH 1865.12.15.2, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
type locality contained in East China Sea [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Theonella swinhoei Gray, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171264 on 2025-12-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J.E. (1868). Note on <i>Theonella</i>, a new genus of coralloid sponges from Formosa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 3: 565-566. [details]
original description (of Theonella swinhoei var. verrucosa Wilson, 1925) Wilson, H.V. (1925). Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U.S. Fisheries Steamer ‘Albatross' during the Philippine Expedition,1907-10. pp. 273-532, pls 37-52. <i>In</i>: Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 100 (2, part 4).
page(s): 450-451 [details]
original description (of Dactylocalyx prattii Bowerbank, 1869) Bowerbank, J.S. (1869). A Monograph of the Siliceo-fibrous Sponges. Part I. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1869 (1): 66-100, pls III-VI. [details]
basis of record Samaai, T.; Pillay, R.; Janson, L. (2019). Shallow-water Demospongiae (Porifera) from Sodwana Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4587(1): 1-85., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4587.1.1
page(s): 27-29 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903. Pp. 327-337. <em>In: Hooper, J. N.A.; Van Soest, R. W.M 2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. Vol I. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers), NY,.</em> 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002). Family Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903. Pp. 327-337. <em>In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Theonella swinhoei var. verrucosa Wilson, 1925) Wilson, H.V. (1925). Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U.S. Fisheries Steamer ‘Albatross' during the Philippine Expedition,1907-10. pp. 273-532, pls 37-52. <i>In</i>: Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 100 (2, part 4).
page(s): 450-451 [details]
original description (of Dactylocalyx prattii Bowerbank, 1869) Bowerbank, J.S. (1869). A Monograph of the Siliceo-fibrous Sponges. Part I. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1869 (1): 66-100, pls III-VI. [details]
basis of record Samaai, T.; Pillay, R.; Janson, L. (2019). Shallow-water Demospongiae (Porifera) from Sodwana Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4587(1): 1-85., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4587.1.1
page(s): 27-29 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903. Pp. 327-337. <em>In: Hooper, J. N.A.; Van Soest, R. W.M 2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. Vol I. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers), NY,.</em> 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002). Family Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903. Pp. 327-337. <em>In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
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redescription
Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 284-292 [details]
page(s): 284-292 [details]
Other
additional source
Hoshino, T. (1976). Demosponges from the western coast of Kii Peninsula, Japan. <em>Zoological Magazine.</em> 85: 248-261.
page(s): 254 [details]
additional source Ilan, M.; Gugel, J.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2004). Taxonomy, reproduction and ecology of new and known Red Sea sponges. <em>Sarsia.</em> 89: 388-410. [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 346-348 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zainuddin, I.; Pauzi, M.A.; Abdul Razak, L.; Yazid, M.Y. 2000. Preliminary study on the diversity and distribution of sponges at Pulau Layang-layang, Sabah, Malaysia. The Malayan Nature Journal 54 (2): 77-86. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fromont, J.; Vanderklift, M.A. (2009). Porifera (sponges) of Mermaid, Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, north Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement 77: 89-103.
page(s): 94 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sim, C.J. (1994). Sponges from Cheju Island, Korea. <em>In: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Van Kempen, T.M.G.; Braekman, J.C. (eds) Sponges in Time and Space. Biology, Chemistry, Paleontology. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp 175-181.</em>
page(s): 179, Table 2 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Calcinai, B.; Bastari, A.; Bavestrello, G.; Bertolino, M.; Bueno Horcajadas, S.; Pansini, M.; Makapedua, D.M.; Cerrano, C. (2017). Demosponge diversity from North Sulawesi, with the description of six new species. <em>Zookeys.</em> 680: 105-150., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.680.12135
page(s): Table 1 + Supp. Mat. 1, fig.36; note: Underwater picture, no description [details]
additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1993). A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. <em>Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria".</em> 89: 247-350.
page(s): 261-262 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hoshino, T. (1981). Shallow-Water Demosponges of Western Japan 2. <em>Journal of Science of the Hiroshima University (B).</em> 29 (2): 207-289.
page(s): 257; note: no description [details]
additional source Lévi, C. (1958). Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la ‘Calypso'.Campagne 1951-1952 en Mer Rouge (suite). 11. Spongiaires de Mer Rouge recueillis par la ‘Calypso' (1951-1952). <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 34(3): 3-46.
page(s): 5-6 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lévi, C. (1961). Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la 'Calypso'. Campagne 1954 dans l'Océan Indien (suite). 2. Les spongiaires de l'Ile Aldabra. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 39: 1-32, pls 1-2.
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lévi, C.; Lévi, P. (1989). Spongiaires (MUSORSTOM 1 & 2). <i>In</i>: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, volume 4. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 143: 25-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 56 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Tanita, S.; Hoshino, T. (1989). The Demospongiae of Sagami Bay. <em>Biological Laboratory, Imperial Household: Japan.</em> i-xiii, 1-197 [in English], pls 1-19; 1-166 [in Japanese], 1 map.
page(s): 49 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Thiele, J. (1899). Studien über pazifische Spongien. II. Ueber einige Spongien von Celebes. Zoologica. <em>Original-Abhandlungen aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Zoologie. Stuttgart.</em> 24 (2): 1-33, pls I-V.
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1897). Spongiaires de la Baie d'Amboine. (Voyage de MM. M. Bedot et C. Pictet dans l'Archipel Malais). <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 4: 421-487, pls 18-21.
page(s): 431 [details]
additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1971). Éponges des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Madagascar). <em>Téthys.</em> Supplément 1: 51-126.
page(s): 58 [details]
additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P.; Lévi, C. (1976). Spongiaires de la pente externe des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Sud-Ouest de Madagascar). <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A, Zoologie).</em> 49:1-116, pls I-X.
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilson, H.V. (1925). Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U.S. Fisheries Steamer ‘Albatross' during the Philippine Expedition,1907-10. pp. 273-532, pls 37-52. <i>In</i>: Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 100 (2, part 4).
page(s): 448-450 [details]
additional source Fassbender, N.; Stefanoudis, P.; Filander, Z.; Gendron, G.; Mah, C.; Mattio, L.; Mortimer, J.; Moura, C.; Samaai, T.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Wagner, D.; Walton, R.; Woodall, L. (2021). Reef benthos of Seychelles - A field guide. <em>Biodiversity Data Journal.</em> 9., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.9.e65970
page(s): 176; note: as cf. swinhoei , only from images [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ford, P. W.; Gustafson, K. R.; McKee, T. C.; Shigematsu, N.; Maurizi, L. K.; Pannell, L. K.; Williams, D. E.; Dilip de Silva, E.; Lassota, P.; Allen, T. M.; Van Soest, R.; Andersen, R. J.; Boyd, M. R. (1999). Papuamides A−D, HIV-Inhibitory and Cytotoxic Depsipeptides from the Sponges Theonella mirabilis and Theonella swinhoei Collected in Papua New Guinea. <em>Journal of the American Chemical Society.</em> 121(25): 5899-5909., available online at https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja990582o
page(s): 5906 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sim, C.J. (1981). A systematic study on the marine sponges of Korea 1. Ceractinomorpha and Tetractinomorpha. <em>Soong Jun University Essays and Papers.</em> 11: 83-105.
page(s): 91 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 254 [details]
additional source Ilan, M.; Gugel, J.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2004). Taxonomy, reproduction and ecology of new and known Red Sea sponges. <em>Sarsia.</em> 89: 388-410. [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 346-348 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zainuddin, I.; Pauzi, M.A.; Abdul Razak, L.; Yazid, M.Y. 2000. Preliminary study on the diversity and distribution of sponges at Pulau Layang-layang, Sabah, Malaysia. The Malayan Nature Journal 54 (2): 77-86. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fromont, J.; Vanderklift, M.A. (2009). Porifera (sponges) of Mermaid, Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, north Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement 77: 89-103.
page(s): 94 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sim, C.J. (1994). Sponges from Cheju Island, Korea. <em>In: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Van Kempen, T.M.G.; Braekman, J.C. (eds) Sponges in Time and Space. Biology, Chemistry, Paleontology. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp 175-181.</em>
page(s): 179, Table 2 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Calcinai, B.; Bastari, A.; Bavestrello, G.; Bertolino, M.; Bueno Horcajadas, S.; Pansini, M.; Makapedua, D.M.; Cerrano, C. (2017). Demosponge diversity from North Sulawesi, with the description of six new species. <em>Zookeys.</em> 680: 105-150., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.680.12135
page(s): Table 1 + Supp. Mat. 1, fig.36; note: Underwater picture, no description [details]
additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1993). A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. <em>Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria".</em> 89: 247-350.
page(s): 261-262 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hoshino, T. (1981). Shallow-Water Demosponges of Western Japan 2. <em>Journal of Science of the Hiroshima University (B).</em> 29 (2): 207-289.
page(s): 257; note: no description [details]
additional source Lévi, C. (1958). Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la ‘Calypso'.Campagne 1951-1952 en Mer Rouge (suite). 11. Spongiaires de Mer Rouge recueillis par la ‘Calypso' (1951-1952). <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 34(3): 3-46.
page(s): 5-6 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lévi, C. (1961). Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la 'Calypso'. Campagne 1954 dans l'Océan Indien (suite). 2. Les spongiaires de l'Ile Aldabra. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 39: 1-32, pls 1-2.
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lévi, C.; Lévi, P. (1989). Spongiaires (MUSORSTOM 1 & 2). <i>In</i>: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, volume 4. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 143: 25-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 56 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Tanita, S.; Hoshino, T. (1989). The Demospongiae of Sagami Bay. <em>Biological Laboratory, Imperial Household: Japan.</em> i-xiii, 1-197 [in English], pls 1-19; 1-166 [in Japanese], 1 map.
page(s): 49 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Thiele, J. (1899). Studien über pazifische Spongien. II. Ueber einige Spongien von Celebes. Zoologica. <em>Original-Abhandlungen aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Zoologie. Stuttgart.</em> 24 (2): 1-33, pls I-V.
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1897). Spongiaires de la Baie d'Amboine. (Voyage de MM. M. Bedot et C. Pictet dans l'Archipel Malais). <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 4: 421-487, pls 18-21.
page(s): 431 [details]
additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1971). Éponges des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Madagascar). <em>Téthys.</em> Supplément 1: 51-126.
page(s): 58 [details]
additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P.; Lévi, C. (1976). Spongiaires de la pente externe des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Sud-Ouest de Madagascar). <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A, Zoologie).</em> 49:1-116, pls I-X.
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wilson, H.V. (1925). Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U.S. Fisheries Steamer ‘Albatross' during the Philippine Expedition,1907-10. pp. 273-532, pls 37-52. <i>In</i>: Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 100 (2, part 4).
page(s): 448-450 [details]
additional source Fassbender, N.; Stefanoudis, P.; Filander, Z.; Gendron, G.; Mah, C.; Mattio, L.; Mortimer, J.; Moura, C.; Samaai, T.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Wagner, D.; Walton, R.; Woodall, L. (2021). Reef benthos of Seychelles - A field guide. <em>Biodiversity Data Journal.</em> 9., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.9.e65970
page(s): 176; note: as cf. swinhoei , only from images [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ford, P. W.; Gustafson, K. R.; McKee, T. C.; Shigematsu, N.; Maurizi, L. K.; Pannell, L. K.; Williams, D. E.; Dilip de Silva, E.; Lassota, P.; Allen, T. M.; Van Soest, R.; Andersen, R. J.; Boyd, M. R. (1999). Papuamides A−D, HIV-Inhibitory and Cytotoxic Depsipeptides from the Sponges Theonella mirabilis and Theonella swinhoei Collected in Papua New Guinea. <em>Journal of the American Chemical Society.</em> 121(25): 5899-5909., available online at https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja990582o
page(s): 5906 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sim, C.J. (1981). A systematic study on the marine sponges of Korea 1. Ceractinomorpha and Tetractinomorpha. <em>Soong Jun University Essays and Papers.</em> 11: 83-105.
page(s): 91 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1865.12.15.2, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Holotype BMNH 65.12.15.2 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クワガタデスマカイメン | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Theonella pratti (Bowerbank, 1869))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Theonella swinhoei)
To GenBank (47665 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (4 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 21342)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Theonella pratti (Bowerbank, 1869))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Theonella swinhoei)
To GenBank (47665 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (4 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 21342)
Unreviewed
