World Porifera Database - Species - Rhaphisia menzeli Little, 1963

Porifera name details

Rhaphisia menzeli Little, 1963

AphiaID

1476593 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1476593)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Xestospongia menzeli (Little, 1963)

Rank

Species

Parent

Rhaphisia Topsent, 1892 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) Gray, 1867

Original name

Rhaphisia menzeli Little, 1963

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Little, F.J. Jr. (1963). The sponge fauna of the St. George's Sound, Apalache Bay, and Panama City Regions of the Florida Gulf Coast. <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology 11(2).</em> 31-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.7050
page(s): 54-55 [details]

Type data

Holotype USNM 23588, geounit Northern Gulf of Mexico

Holotype USNM 23588, geounit Northern Gulf of Mexico [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. Rhaphisia menzeli Little, 1963. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1476593 on 2026-07-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-01-14 17:40:50Z

created

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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original description Little, F.J. Jr. (1963). The sponge fauna of the St. George's Sound, Apalache Bay, and Panama City Regions of the Florida Gulf Coast. <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology 11(2).</em> 31-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.7050
page(s): 54-55 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype USNM 23588, geounit Northern Gulf of Mexico [details]