WoRMS taxon details
Rhabdopectella Schmidt, 1880
171877 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171877)
accepted
Genus
Rhabdopectella tintinnus Schmidt, 1880 (type by monotypy)
Rhabdoplectella · unaccepted (misspelling)
Rhabdoplegma Schmidt, 1880 · unaccepted (lapsus calami)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. <i>In</i>: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena). [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. Rhabdopectella Schmidt, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171877 on 2026-02-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. <i>In</i>: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena). [details]
basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002). Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_146 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002). Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_146 [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source
Dohrmann, M.; Janussen, D.; Reitner, J.; Collins, A.G.; Wörheide, G. (2008). Phylogeny and evolution of glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida). <em>Systematic Biology.</em> 57: 388–405., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150802161088
page(s): 391 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 391 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 108 [details]
page(s): 108 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Classification Awaits re-description. Assignment to Corbitellinae by Tabachnick (2002, Systema Porifera) is a misclassification based on an incomplete specimen. The genus clearly belongs in Bolosominae (cf. Dohrmann et al. [2008, Syst. Biol. 57: Table 1, footnote c]). [details]
