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WoRMS name detailsSilicea
1673592 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1673592)
Bowerbank, 1864
unaccepted (disused)
Subphylum
marine, brackish, fresh,
recent + fossil
Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085
page(s): 166 [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Silicea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1673592 on 2025-05-15
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085 page(s): 166 [details] basis of record Wörheide, G.; Dohrmann, M.; Erpenbeck, D.; Larroux, C.; Maldonado, M.; Voigt, O.; Borchiellini, C.; Lavrov, D.V. (2012). Deep phylogeny and evolution of sponges (phylum Porifera). <i>In</i>: Becerro MA, Uriz MJ, Maldonado M, Turon X (eds) Advances in Sponge Science: Phylogeny, Systematics, Ecology. <em>Advances in Marine Biology.</em> 61: 1-78. [details] Available for editors  [request]Otheradditional source
Botting, J. P.; Zhang, Y.; Muir, L. A. (2017). Discovery of missing link between demosponges and hexactinellids confirms palaeontological model of sponge evolution. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 7(1)., available online at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-05604-6 [details] Available for editors
[request]From editor or global species database
Classification The name Silicea was proposed for all sponges with skeleton made up of siliceous spicules combining the two classes Hexactinellida and Demospongiae. However, its original content included also the class Homoscleromorpha, which contains species with siliceous spicules but is no longer considered to be in the same subphylum because its affiliation is closer to Calcarea than to Demospongiae. The name is still used in Paleontology and in recent studies with the addition of 'sensu stricto' to indicate the two classes Hexactinellida and Demospongiae, without Homoscleromorpha. So far there is no name proposed for the sister subphylum which contains the classes Homoscleromorpha and Calcarea. The name Silicea is confusing and should be replaced. For the time being we do not list the name Silicea as a valid taxon in Porifera. [details]
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