WoRMS name details
Acanthoxifer ceylonensis Dendy, 1905
189856 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:189856)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
Acanthoxifer Dendy, 1905 accepted as Myrmekioderma Ehlers, 1870
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 157-158 [details]
page(s): 157-158 [details]
Type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka
type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka [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. (2026). World Porifera Database. Acanthoxifer ceylonensis Dendy, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=189856 on 2026-01-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 157-158 [details]
page(s): 157-158 [details]
Other
additional source
Dendy, A. (1922). Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S.'Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <i>In</i>: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Vol. 7. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 18 (1): 1-164, pls 1-18.
page(s): 129 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1930). Additions to the sponge fauna of the Gulf of Manaar. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 10 (5): 665-676. [details]
page(s): 129 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1930). Additions to the sponge fauna of the Gulf of Manaar. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 10 (5): 665-676. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Holotype BMNH 1907.2.1.54-55 [details]
