World Porifera Database - Species - Polylophus Schulze, 1886

WoRMS name details

Polylophus Schulze, 1886

AphiaID

367988 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367988)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (preoccupied & synonym)

Accepted name

Lophocalyx Schulze, 1887

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Rossella philippinensis Gray, 1872 accepted as Lophocalyx philippinensis (Gray, 1872) (type by original designation)

Parent

Rossellidae Schulze, 1885

Original name

Polylophus Schulze, 1886

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Species Polylophus philippinensis (Gray, 1872) accepted as Lophocalyx philippinensis (Gray, 1872) (genus name preoccupied & synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Schulze, F.E. (1886). Über den Bau und das System der Hexactinelliden. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Physikalisch-Mathematische Classe). 1-97.
page(s): 47 [details]

Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 132-133 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Originally erected by Schulze in 1885, but without naming a species. Subsequently, Gray's (1872) Rossella phlippinensis was...

Taxonomy Originally erected by Schulze in 1885, but without naming a species. Subsequently, Gray's (1872) Rossella phlippinensis was named. The name Polylophus is preoccupied. [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. Polylophus Schulze, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367988 on 2025-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2008-10-02 18:23:51Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2019-10-22 19:27:45Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2022-04-22 11:03:57Z

changed

Dohrmann, Martin

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Schulze, F.E. (1886). Über den Bau und das System der Hexactinelliden. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Physikalisch-Mathematische Classe). 1-97.
page(s): 47 [details]

original description Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 132-133 [details]

Other

additional source Schulze, F.E. (1885). The Hexactinellida. Pp. 437-451. In: Tizard, T.H., Moseley, H.M., Buchanan, J.Y. & Murray, J. (Eds), Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger', 1873-1876. Narrative, 1(1). [details]

From editor or global species database

Taxonomy Originally erected by Schulze in 1885, but without naming a species. Subsequently, Gray's (1872) Rossella phlippinensis was named. The name Polylophus is preoccupied. [details]