WoRMS name details
Dendrospongia Murie, 1877
490096 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:490096)
unaccepted (preoccupied)
Genus
Dendrospongia steerii Murie, 1877 accepted as Sclerothamnus clausii Marshall, 1875 (type by monotypy)
- Species Dendrospongia steerii Murie, 1877 accepted as Sclerothamnus clausii Marshall, 1875 (genus name preoccupied & junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Murie, J. (1877). On Steere's Sponge, a new Genus of the Hexactinellid Group of the Spongida. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> (2) 1(5): 219-234, pls XXXVI-XXXVII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1877.tb00440.x
page(s): 228 [details]
page(s): 228 [details]
Taxonomy Preoccupied by the fossil genus Dendrospongia Roemer, 1864, and by the recent Dendrospongia Hyatt, 1875 (= Aiolochroia...
Taxonomy Preoccupied by the fossil genus Dendrospongia Roemer, 1864, and by the recent Dendrospongia Hyatt, 1875 (= Aiolochroia Wiedenmayer, 1977). [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. Dendrospongia Murie, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490096 on 2026-05-03
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Nomenclature
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Murie, J. (1877). On Steere's Sponge, a new Genus of the Hexactinellid Group of the Spongida. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> (2) 1(5): 219-234, pls XXXVI-XXXVII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1877.tb00440.x
page(s): 228 [details]
page(s): 228 [details]
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additional source
Reiswig, H.M. (2002). Family Tretodictyidae Schulze, 1886. pp. 1341-1354. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_137 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Reiswig, H.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Tretodictyidae Schulze, 1886. pp. 1341-1354. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY. 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Reiswig, H.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Tretodictyidae Schulze, 1886. pp. 1341-1354. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</i> (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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Taxonomy Preoccupied by the fossil genus Dendrospongia Roemer, 1864, and by the recent Dendrospongia Hyatt, 1875 (= Aiolochroia Wiedenmayer, 1977). [details]
