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Porifera taxon details

Niphates Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

166770  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166770)

accepted
Genus
Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (type by subsequent designation)
Species Niphates aga (de Laubenfels, 1954)
Species Niphates alba van Soest, 1980
Species Niphates amorpha Van Soest, 1980
Species Niphates arenata Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz, 2014
Species Niphates cavernosa Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1988
Species Niphates caycedoi (Zea & van Soest, 1986)
Species Niphates digitalis (Lamarck, 1814)
Species Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Species Niphates furcata (Keller, 1889)
Species Niphates hispida Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1984
Species Niphates laminaris Calcinai, Bastari, Bertolino & Pansini, 2017
Species Niphates luizae Santos, Docio & Pinheiro, 2014
Species Niphates lunisimilis (de Laubenfels, 1930)
Species Niphates lutea Lehnert & van Soest, 1999
Species Niphates mirabilis (Bowerbank, 1873)
Species Niphates nitida Fromont, 1993
Species Niphates obtusispiculifera (Dendy, 1905)
Species Niphates olemda (de Laubenfels, 1954)
Species Niphates plumosa (Bowerbank, 1876)
Species Niphates recondita (Wiedenmayer, 1977)
Species Niphates rowi Ilan, Gugel & van Soest, 2004
Species Niphates ruthecitae Bispo, Willenz & Hajdu, 2022
Species Niphates toxifera Vacelet, Bitar, Carteron, Zibrowius & Pérez, 2007
Species Niphates verityae Goodwin & Downey, 2021

Species Niphates brevispiculifera (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Amphimedon brevispiculifera (Dendy, 1905) (genus transfer)
Species Niphates thomasiana Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)
Species Niphates venosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 93 [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2023). World Porifera Database. Niphates Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=166770 on 2023-09-28
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original description Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 93 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Niphatidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 874-890. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]  Full text PDF 

basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Niphatidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 874-890. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
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Grammatical gender Since the gender of Niphates was not explained by Duchassaing & Michelotti we have to deduce it from the adjectival suffix of the species described by them. All three species including the type, N.erecta, have feminine suffix. [details]
Niphates erecta, 50-110 m Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico.

Photograph courtesy of NOAA-FGBNMS/UNCW-UVP. Identifications by C. Savarese and K. Ruetzler. For more information see: http://flowergarden.noaa.gov/document_library/scidocs/spongeposter.pdf 
 
[image from typetaxon]

Niphates erecta, 50-110 m Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico.

Photograph courtesy of NOAA-FGBNMS/UNCW-UVP. Identifications by C. Savarese and K. Ruetzler. For more information see: http://flowergarden.noaa.gov/document_library/scidocs/spongeposter.pdf 
 
[image from typetaxon]



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