World Porifera Database - Species - Spiretta Lendenfeld, 1888

Porifera name details

Spiretta Lendenfeld, 1888

AphiaID

184901 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184901)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Cinachyrella Wilson, 1925

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Spiretta raphidiophora Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Cinachyrella australiensis (Carter, 1886) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Tetillidae Sollas, 1886

Direct children (2)

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Species Spiretta porosa Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Cinachyrella porosa (Lendenfeld, 1888) (genus transfer)
Species Spiretta raphidiophora Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Cinachyrella australiensis (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12. [details]

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. Spiretta Lendenfeld, 1888. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=184901 on 2025-04-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-12 17:12:35Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-01-30 18:43:48Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2006-10-08 08:33:59Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2018-10-27 15:35:11Z

changed

Cárdenas, Paco

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Sources (6)

original description Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12. [details]

source of synonymy Lendenfeld, R. von. (1903). Porifera. Tetraxonia. pp. vi-xv, 1-168. In: Schulze, Franz Eilhard (Ed.), Das Tierreich. 19. (Friedländer: Berlin).
note: Lendenfeld reallocates Spiretta to Tetilla. [details]

source of synonymy Van Soest, R.W.M.; Rützler, K. (2002). Family Tetillidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 85-98. 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, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
note: Van Soest & Rützler follow Lendenfeld (1888) instead of Burton (1934) and consider Spiretta a synonym of Tetilla [details]

source of synonymy Santodomingo, N.; Becking, L.E. (2018). Unravelling the moons: review of the genera Paratetilla and Cinachyrella in the Indo-Pacific (Demospongiae, Tetractinellida, Tetillidae). Zookeys. 791: 1-46.
note: The types of the two species of Spiretta are examined, which confirm that Spiretta is a junior synonym of Cinachyrella. [details] Available for editors

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source of synonymy Van Soest, R.W.M.; Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Tetillidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 85-98. In: Hooper J.N.A., Van Soest R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
note: Van Soest & Rützler follow Lendenfeld (1888) instead of Burton (1934) and consider Spiretta a synonym of Tetilla [details] Available for editors

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source of synonymy Burton, M. (1934). Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29. 4 (14): 513-621, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49517195#page/667/mode/1up
page(s): 524; note: Spiretta is considered to be a Cinachyrella based on the presence of porocalices in the types. [details]