WoRMS name details
Epallacidae Topsent, 1892
1846240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1846240)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Family
Epallax Sollas, 1886 accepted as Hemiasterella Carter, 1879
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 65 [details]
page(s): 65 [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. Epallacidae Topsent, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1846240 on 2025-11-10
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Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 65 [details]
page(s): 65 [details]
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Synonymy This family name was not mentioned in the Systema Porifera. Its type genus is Epallax Sollas, 1886 (with type species E.callocyathus Sollas, 1886. The latter was reassigned to Hemiasterella. [details]
