World Porifera Database - Species - Medon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

WoRMS name details

Medon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

AphiaID

184786 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184786)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (preoccupied)

Accepted name

Leucandra Haeckel, 1872

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Medon barbata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Leucandra barbata (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

Parent

Grantiidae Dendy, 1892

Direct children (2)

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Species Medon barbata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Leucandra barbata (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (genus transfer)
Species Medon imberbis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Leucetta imberbis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 110 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Medon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 is preoccupied by Medon Stephens, 1833 (Coleoptera).

Taxonomy Medon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 is preoccupied by Medon Stephens, 1833 (Coleoptera). [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. Medon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=184786 on 2025-06-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-12 17:12:35Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-02-13 08:22:09Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2010-01-29 14:52:59Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 110 [details]

basis of record Burton, M. (1963). A revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. With a Catalogue of the specimens in the British Museum (Natural History). W. Clowes and Sons Ltd.: London. 693 pp. [details]

Other

additional source Macfarlane, R.P.; Maddison, P.A.; Andrew, I.G.; Berry, J.A.; Johns, P.M.; Hoarre, R.J.B.; Larivière, M.; Greenslade, P.; Henderson, R.C.; Smithers, C.N.; Palma, R.L.; Ward, J.B.; Pilgrim, R.L.C.; Towns, D.R.; McLellan, I.; Teulon, D.A.J.; Hitchings, T.R.; Eastop, V.F.; Martin, N.A.; Fletcher, M.J.; Stufkens, A.W.; Dale, P.J.; Burckhardt, D.; Buckley, T.R. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, insects. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 233-467. [details]

From editor or global species database

Taxonomy Medon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 is preoccupied by Medon Stephens, 1833 (Coleoptera). [details]

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Medon)
To ITIS