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Porifera taxon details

Spinularia Gray, 1867

132052  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132052)

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Genus
Rhaphidorus Topsent, 1898 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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  1. Subgenus Spinularia (Astrotylus) Plotkin & Janussen, 2007
    1. Species Spinularia (Astrotylus) astrotylus (Plotkin & Janussen, 2007)
  2. Subgenus Spinularia (Radiella) Schmidt, 1870
    1. Species Spinularia (Radiella) alvea (Hansen, 1885
    2. Species Spinularia (Radiella) antarctica (Plotkin & Janussen, 2008)
    3. Species Spinularia (Radiella) conica (Hansen, 1885)
    4. Species Spinularia (Radiella) endeavourensis (Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014)
    5. Species Spinularia (Radiella) irregularis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
    6. Species Spinularia (Radiella) nidula (Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2023)
    7. Species Spinularia (Radiella) njordi Plotkin, Gerasimova & Rapp, 2018
    8. Species Spinularia (Radiella) pumix (Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2023)
    9. Species Spinularia (Radiella) sarsii (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
    10. Species Spinularia (Radiella) sclera (Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2023)
    11. Species Spinularia (Radiella) sol (Schmidt, 1870)
    12. Species Spinularia (Radiella) straticulata (Wilson, 1925)
  3. Subgenus Spinularia (Spinularia) Gray, 1867
    1. Species Spinularia (Spinularia) australis Lévi, 1993
    2. Species Spinularia (Spinularia) flagellata Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2023
    3. Species Spinularia (Spinularia) incredula Santín & Brandt, 2026
    4. Species Spinularia (Spinularia) spinularia (Bowerbank, 1866)
  4. Subgenus Spinularia (Tylexocladus) Topsent, 1898
    1. Species Spinularia (Tylexocladus) corona (Dickinson, 1945)
    2. Species Spinularia (Tylexocladus) corticata (Stephens, 1915)
    3. Species Spinularia (Tylexocladus) joubini (Topsent, 1898)
  5. Species Spinularia tetheoides Gray, 1867 accepted as Spinularia (Spinularia) spinularia (Bowerbank, 1866) (junior synonym)
  6. Species Spinularia njordi Plotkin, Gerasimova & Rapp, 2018 represented as Spinularia (Radiella) njordi Plotkin, Gerasimova & Rapp, 2018 (subgenus assignment)
  7. Species Spinularia sarsii (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) represented as Spinularia (Radiella) sarsii (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 524 [details] OpenAccess publication
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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Spinularia Gray, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=132052 on 2026-05-31
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2006-08-24 18:36:26Z
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2018-08-09 06:30:44Z
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2020-12-16 10:32:25Z
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2026-03-24 13:54:28Z
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original description Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 524 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Rhaphidorus Topsent, 1898) Topsent, E. (1898). Eponges nouvelles des Açores. (Première serie). <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 11: 225-255.
page(s): 244-245 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Rhaphidorus Topsent, 1898) Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 25: 1-280, pls 1-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 120 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_22
page(s): 216 [details] Full text PDF

basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002 [2004]). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Santín, A.; Theising, F.; Despujols, D.; Brandt, A. (2026). A chance encounter: New <i>Spinularia</i> Gray, 1867 from abyssal depths of the Aleutian Trench (Bering Sea) leads to the proposal of new family, Spinulariidae fam nov. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 103699., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2026.103699 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Ekins, M.; Erpenbeck, D.; Wörheide, G.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2023). Deep Water Polymastiidae (Porifera, Polymastiida) from the South West Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5369(1): 57-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5369.1.3
page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Rhaphidorus Topsent, 1898) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Rhaphidorus Topsent, 1898) Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_22 [details] Full text PDF

additional source (of Rhaphidorus Topsent, 1898) Boury-Esnault, N. (2002 [2004]). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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