Deep-Sea taxon details
Calyx Vosmaer, 1885
131851 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131851)
accepted
Genus
- Species Calyx kerguelensis (Hentschel, 1914)
- Species Calyx nicaeensis (Risso, 1827)
- Species Calyx arcuarius (Topsent, 1913) accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) arcuarius (Topsent, 1913)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1885). Porifera, Parts Vll-XI. Pp. 177-368, pls XIX-XXV. <i>In</i>: Bronn, H.G. (Ed.), Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs. 1. (Leipzig & Heidelberg). [details]
Homonymy It would appear that this well-used name is preoccupied by Calyx Bigsby, 1868 (fossil Echinodemata). However, Van Soest et...
Homonymy It would appear that this well-used name is preoccupied by Calyx Bigsby, 1868 (fossil Echinodemata). However, Van Soest et al. (2020) pointed out that Bigsby (1868: 18) is assumed to have misspelled the genus name Calix Rouault, 1851: 368, as he referred to Rouault and mentioned the species sedgwickii described by Rouault as the type species (by monotypy). The name is thus an inadvertent subsequent spelling and as such is not available and does not enter in homonymy (ICZN Art. 33.3).
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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. Calyx Vosmaer, 1885. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131851 on 2026-10-08
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Calyx Vosmaer, 1885. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131851 on 2026-10-08
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Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1885). Porifera, Parts Vll-XI. Pp. 177-368, pls XIX-XXV. <i>In</i>: Bronn, H.G. (Ed.), Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs. 1. (Leipzig & Heidelberg). [details]
basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882. Pp. 893-905. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882. Pp. 893-905. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_94 [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 68 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882. Pp. 893-905. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882. Pp. 893-905. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_94 [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 68 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Homonymy It would appear that this well-used name is preoccupied by Calyx Bigsby, 1868 (fossil Echinodemata). However, Van Soest et al. (2020) pointed out that Bigsby (1868: 18) is assumed to have misspelled the genus name Calix Rouault, 1851: 368, as he referred to Rouault and mentioned the species sedgwickii described by Rouault as the type species (by monotypy). The name is thus an inadvertent subsequent spelling and as such is not available and does not enter in homonymy (ICZN Art. 33.3).[details]
