WoRMS name details
Dactylia repens (Carter, 1886)
184493 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184493)
unaccepted (preoccupied)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Chalina oculata var. repens Carter, 1886) Carter, H.J. (1886). Supplement to the Descriptions of Mr.J. Bracebridge Wilson's Australian Sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 271-290, 369-379, 445-466, pl. X., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459996
page(s): 375-376 [details]
page(s): 375-376 [details]
Taxonomy This combination would be preoccupied by Dactylia repens (Selenka, 1867 as Ditela) if as we presently assume Selenka's...
Taxonomy This combination would be preoccupied by Dactylia repens (Selenka, 1867 as Ditela) if as we presently assume Selenka's species is correctly reassigned to Dactylia. [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. Dactylia repens (Carter, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=184493 on 2026-03-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chalina oculata var. repens Carter, 1886) Carter, H.J. (1886). Supplement to the Descriptions of Mr.J. Bracebridge Wilson's Australian Sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 271-290, 369-379, 445-466, pl. X., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459996
page(s): 375-376 [details]
page(s): 375-376 [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy This combination would be preoccupied by Dactylia repens (Selenka, 1867 as Ditela) if as we presently assume Selenka's species is correctly reassigned to Dactylia. [details]