World Porifera Database - Species - Epallacidae Topsent, 1892

Porifera name details

Epallacidae Topsent, 1892

AphiaID

1846240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1846240)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Hemiasterellidae Lendenfeld, 1889

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Epallax Sollas, 1886 accepted as Hemiasterella Carter, 1879

Parent

Tethyida

Environment

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

Original description

Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 65 [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. Epallacidae Topsent, 1892. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1846240 on 2026-01-14

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original description Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 65 [details]

From editor or global species database

Synonymy This family name was not mentioned in the Systema Porifera. Its type genus is Epallax Sollas, 1886 (with type species E.callocyathus Sollas, 1886. The latter was reassigned to Hemiasterella. [details]