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Isodictya Bowerbank, 1864

Esper's Spongia lobata

AphiaID

131905 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131905)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Spongia palmata Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Isodictya palmata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Isodictyidae Dendy, 1924

Original name

Isodictya Bowerbank, 1864

Synonymised names

Cercidochela Kirkpatrick, 1907 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Desmacidon (Homoeodictya) Ehlers, 1870 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Homoeodictya Ehlers, 1870 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Neoesperiopsis de Laubenfels, 1949 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Textiliforma Carter, 1885 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Valentis Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Direct children (131)

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Species Isodictya alata (Stephens, 1915)
Species Isodictya aspera Bowerbank, 1877
Species Isodictya bentarti Rios, Cristobo & Urgorri, 2004
Species Isodictya cavicornuta Dendy, 1924
Species Isodictya chichatouzae Uriz, 1984
Species Isodictya compressa (Esper, 1797)
Species Isodictya conulosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Isodictya cutisanserina Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2016
Species Isodictya deichmannae (de Laubenfels, 1949)
Species Isodictya delicata (Thiele, 1905)
Species Isodictya doryphora (Brøndsted, 1927)
Species Isodictya dufresni Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982
Species Isodictya echinata Thomas & Matthew, 1986
Species Isodictya elastica (Vosmaer, 1880)
Species Isodictya erinacea (Topsent, 1916)
Species Isodictya filiformis Ríos, Riesgo, Taboada & Cristobo, 2020
Species Isodictya foliata (Carter, 1885)
Species Isodictya frondosa (Lévi, 1963)
Species Isodictya grandis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Isodictya histodermella de Laubenfels, 1942
Species Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Isodictya lankesteri (Kirkpatrick, 1907)
Species Isodictya lenta (Vosmaer, 1880)
Species Isodictya megachela Burton, 1934
Species Isodictya microchela (Topsent, 1915)
Species Isodictya multiformis (Stephens, 1915)
Species Isodictya obliquidens (Hentschel, 1914)
Species Isodictya palmata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Species Isodictya porifera (Whitelegge, 1906)
Species Isodictya pulviliformis (Koltun, 1955)
Species Isodictya quatsinoensis (Lambe, 1893)
Species Isodictya rigida (Lambe, 1893)
Species Isodictya setifera (Topsent, 1901)
Species Isodictya spinigera (Kirkpatrick, 1907)
Species Isodictya staurophora (Hentschel, 1911)
Species Isodictya toxophila Burton, 1932
Species Isodictya trigona (Topsent, 1917)
Species Isodictya vancouverensis (Lambe, 1893)
Species Isodictya verrucosa (Topsent, 1913)
Species Isodictya alderi Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Isodictya anomala Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Isodictya palmata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (junior synonym)
Species Isodictya antarctica (Kirkpatrick, 1908) accepted as Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (junior synonym)
Species Isodictya barleei Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) barleei (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya beanii Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Antho (Antho) involvens (Schmidt, 1864) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya bowerbanki Norman in Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya cactoides (Kirkpatrick, 1908) accepted as Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (junior synonym)
Species Isodictya cinerea (Grant, 1826) accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya ciocalyptoides (Burton, 1935) accepted as Celtodoryx ciocalyptoides (Burton, 1935) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya clarkei Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Isodictya clava Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) urceolus (Rathke & Vahl, 1806) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya collina Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Isodictya coriacea Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Antho (Acarnia) coriacea (Bowerbank, 1874) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya crassa Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya cymaeformis (Esper, 1806) accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) cymaeformis (Esper, 1806) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya deformis Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea (Lieberkühn, 1859) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya densa Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya densa sensu Carter, 1887 accepted as Haliclona henrycarteri Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (genus transfer, misapplication and homonym)
Species Isodictya dichotoma Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya dicksonii Fristedt, 1887 accepted as Plicatellopsis bowerbanki (Vosmaer, 1885) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya dissimilis Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Axinella dissimilis (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya donnani Bowerbank, 1873 accepted as Axinella donnani (Bowerbank, 1873) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya dubia Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya ectofibrosa (Lévi, 1963) accepted as Fibulia ectofibrosa (Lévi, 1963) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya edwardii Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Isodictya elegans Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya fallax Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) angulata (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya ferula Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Haliclona (Rhizoniera) rosea (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya filamenta Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826)
Species Isodictya fimbriata Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) fimbriata (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya fistulosa Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Halichoclona) fistulosa (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya flabelliformis (Hansen, 1885) accepted as Dendoricella flabelliformis (Hansen, 1885) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya foliata Bowerbank in Norman, 1869 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) barleei (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Isodictya frondosa (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Clathria frondosa (Pallas, 1766) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya fucorum (Esper, 1794) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya funalis Bowerbank in Jeffreys & Norman, 1875 accepted as Myxilla funalis (Bowerbank in Jeffreys & Norman, 1875) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya gracilis Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Isodictya grantii (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Linnaeus, 1759) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya gregorii Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Rhizoniera) rosea (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya hispida Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya hyndmani (Bowerbank, 1858) accepted as Iophon hyndmani (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya imitata Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Isodictya implicita Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Iophon hyndmani (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya inaequalis Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea (Lieberkühn, 1859) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya incerta Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Isodictya palmata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Species Isodictya indefinita Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) angulata (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Isodictya indistincta Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Rhizoniera) indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759) accepted as Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya ingalli Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya invalida Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya involuta Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya jugosa Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) fibulata (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya kerguelensis accepted as Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (misspelling of species name)
Species Isodictya kirkpatricki (Topsent, 1916) accepted as Isodictya erinacea (Topsent, 1916)
Species Isodictya laciniosa Bowerbank in Norman, 1869 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) barleei (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya lobata (Montagu, 1814) accepted as Amphilectus ovulum (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer and preoccupied)
Species Isodictya lurida Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) fimbriata (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya luteosa Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Haliclona (Rhizoniera) rosea (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya maeandrina (Kirkpatrick, 1907) accepted as Fibulia maeandrina (Kirkpatrick, 1907) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya mammeata Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya mcandrewii Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Halichoclona) fistulosa (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya mirabilis Bowerbank, 1873 accepted as Niphates mirabilis (Bowerbank, 1873) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya nodosa Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya normani Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya obscura Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Haliclona (Rhizoniera) rosea (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya pallida Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya parasitica (Montagu, 1814) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Isodictya paupera Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya paupercula Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Haliclona (Rhizoniera) rosea (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya peachii Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya permollis Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya perplexa Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya pertenuis Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya pocillum Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya pygmaea Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Linnaeus, 1759) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya ramosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Fibulia ramosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya ramusculus Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya robusta Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Oceanapia robusta (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya rosea Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Rhizoniera) rosea (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya rudis Bowerbank, 1875 accepted as Tedania (Tedania) rudis (Bowerbank, 1875) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya rugosa Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842)
Species Isodictya scitula Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya simplex Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Rhizoniera) rosea (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya simulans (Johnston, 1842) accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya simulo Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya spinispiculum Carter, 1876 accepted as Janulum spinispiculum (Carter, 1876) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya tenera Marenzeller, 1878 accepted as Haliclona tenera (Marenzeller, 1878) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya trunca Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Haliclona (Rhizoniera) indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya tumulosa Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842)
Species Isodictya uniformis Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya varians Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya virgata Bowerbank, 1875 accepted as Haliclona virgata (Bowerbank, 1875)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085
page(s): 197-199 [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. Isodictya Bowerbank, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131905 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2010-08-02 14:22:26Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2018-05-30 14:48:59Z

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Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2020-12-13 10:31:54Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085
page(s): 197-199 [details]

original description (of Cercidochela 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.
page(s): 284 [details]

original description (of Cercidochela 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): 42 [details]

original description (of Neoesperiopsis de Laubenfels, 1949) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1949). The sponges of Woods Hole and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 103(1): 1-55.
page(s): 15 [details]

original description (of Textiliforma Carter, 1885) Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368. [details]

original description (of Homoeodictya Ehlers, 1870) Ehlers, E. (1870). Die Esper'schen Spongien in der zoologischen Sammlung der K. Universität Erlangen. (E.Th. Jacob: Erlangen): 1-36. [details]

original description (of Valentis Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication. 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 96 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Desmacidon (Homoeodictya) Ehlers, 1870) Ehlers, E. (1870). Die Esper'schen Spongien in der zoologischen Sammlung der K. Universität Erlangen. (E.Th. Jacob: Erlangen): 1-36. [details]

Other

additional source Ehlers, E. (1870). Die Esper'schen Spongien in der zoologischen Sammlung der K. Universität Erlangen. (E.Th. Jacob: Erlangen): 1-36.
page(s): 32; note: Emended definition of genus, based on Spongia cymaeformis Esper, 1806. [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]