World Porifera Database - Species - Acanthoxifer Dendy, 1905

Porifera name details

Acanthoxifer Dendy, 1905

AphiaID

184563 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184563)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Myrmekioderma Ehlers, 1870

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Acanthoxifer ceylonensis Dendy, 1905 accepted as Myrmekioderma granulatum (Esper, 1829) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Heteroxyidae Dendy, 1905

Original name

Acanthoxifer Dendy, 1905

Direct children (2)

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Species Acanthoxifer ceylonensis Dendy, 1905 accepted as Myrmekioderma granulatum (Esper, 1829) (genus transfer)
Species Acanthoxifer fourmanoiri Lévi, 1956 accepted as Myrmekioderma granulatum (Esper, 1829) (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 156-157 [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. Acanthoxifer Dendy, 1905. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=184563 on 2025-05-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-12 17:12:35Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-02-02 18:34:03Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2007-08-21 14:09:35Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2021-05-27 16:29:43Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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Sources (3)

original description Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 156-157 [details]

basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Desmoxyidae Hallmann, 1916. pp. 755-772. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).
page(s): 766 [details]

basis of record Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Desmoxyidae Hallmann, 1917. Pp. 755–772. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
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