World Porifera Database - Species - Biminia Wiedenmayer, 1977

WoRMS name details

Biminia Wiedenmayer, 1977

AphiaID

150255 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150255)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Oceanapia Norman, 1869

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Oceanapia toxophila Dendy, 1922 (type by original designation)

Parent

Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882

Direct children (4)

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Species Biminia macrotoxa Hooper, 1984 accepted as Oceanapia macrotoxa (Hooper, 1984) (genus transfer)
Species Biminia ooita Hoshino, 1981 accepted as Oceanapia ooita (Hoshino, 1981) (genus transfer)
Species Biminia stalagmitica Wiedenmayer, 1977 accepted as Oceanapia stalagmitica (Wiedenmayer, 1977) (genus transfer)
Species Biminia toxophila (Dendy, 1922) accepted as Oceanapia toxophila Dendy, 1922 (reverted genus transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. Experientia Supplementum. 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
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Taxonomic citation

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. Biminia Wiedenmayer, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150255 on 2025-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-03 15:15:02Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2007-01-17 14:06:08Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2008-03-08 15:57:44Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (4)

Nomenclature

original description Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. Experientia Supplementum. 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 124 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record de Weerdt, W.H. (1985). A systematic revision of the north-eastern Atlantic shallow-water Haplosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae): 1. Introduction, Oceanapiidae and Petrosiidae. Beaufortia. 35(5): 61-91. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882. Pp. 893-905. In: 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). [details] Available for editors

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additional source Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882. Pp. 893-905. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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