World Porifera Database - Species - Paratedania tantula (Kirkpatrick, 1907)

Porifera name details

Paratedania tantula (Kirkpatrick, 1907)

AphiaID

240712 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240712)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Tedania (Tedaniopsis) tantula (Kirkpatrick, 1907)

Rank

Species

Parent

Paratedania Burton, 1929 accepted as Tedania (Tedaniopsis) Dendy, 1924

Original name

Oceanapia tantula Kirkpatrick, 1907

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Oceanapia tantula Kirkpatrick, 1907) Kirkpatrick, R. (1907). Preliminary Report on the Monaxonellida of the National Antarctic Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7(20): 271-291., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930709487333
page(s): 289-290 [details]

(of Oceanapia tantula Kirkpatrick, 1907) Kirkpatrick, R. (1908). Porifera (Sponges). II. Tetraxonida, Dendy. National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 Natural History. 4, Zoology: 1-56, pls VIII-XXVI.
page(s): 50 [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. Paratedania tantula (Kirkpatrick, 1907). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=240712 on 2026-08-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-06-02 12:52:07Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2013-08-18 10:22:23Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (5)
Documented distribution (2)

original description (of Oceanapia tantula Kirkpatrick, 1907) Kirkpatrick, R. (1907). Preliminary Report on the Monaxonellida of the National Antarctic Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7(20): 271-291., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930709487333
page(s): 289-290 [details]

original description (of Oceanapia tantula Kirkpatrick, 1907) Kirkpatrick, R. (1908). Porifera (Sponges). II. Tetraxonida, Dendy. National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 Natural History. 4, Zoology: 1-56, pls VIII-XXVI.
page(s): 50 [details]

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Tedaniidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886. Pp. 625-632. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. 1708+xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_66 [details]

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Tedaniidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886. Pp. 625-632. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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additional source Burton, M. (1929). Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. British Antarctic ('Terra Nova') Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, Zoology. 6 (4): 393-458, pls I-V.
page(s): 441-442; note: species name mispelled "tarantula [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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