WoRMS name details
Homocoela
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Poléjaeff, N. (1883). Report on the Calcarea dredged by H.M.S.'Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger', 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 8 (2): 1-76, pl. I-IX., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-24/README.htm
page(s): 22 [details]
page(s): 22 [details]
Nomenclature Poléjaeff (1883) changed the name of Haeckel's (1872) 'family' Ascones to Homocoela. As the order level is not subject to...
Nomenclature Poléjaeff (1883) changed the name of Haeckel's (1872) 'family' Ascones to Homocoela. As the order level is not subject to the Principle of Priority, the name change is not illegal. Poléjaeff's name was reduced to the rank of family by Dendy & Row, 1913, but that name is unavailable (ICZN Art. 29.1) as there is no genus Homocoela. The family Homocoelidae was also used by Burton (1963). We will not separately make an entry of the family name Homocoelidae as it is not an available name and it is not clear of which family name it can be cited a synonym.
All three groups, 'Ascones' and 'Homocoela' and 'Homocoelidae', include members of both of the two modern classes Calcinea and Calcaronea as there was initially no distinction between Leucosolenia (Calcaronea) and Clathrina (Calcinea).
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All three groups, 'Ascones' and 'Homocoela' and 'Homocoelidae', include members of both of the two modern classes Calcinea and Calcaronea as there was initially no distinction between Leucosolenia (Calcaronea) and Clathrina (Calcinea).
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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. Homocoela. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1447688 on 2025-05-08
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Nomenclature
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Poléjaeff, N. (1883). Report on the Calcarea dredged by H.M.S.'Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger', 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 8 (2): 1-76, pl. I-IX., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-24/README.htm
page(s): 22 [details]
page(s): 22 [details]
Other
additional source
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.
page(s): 136 [details]
additional source Dendy, A.; Row, R.W.H. (1913). The Classification and Phylogeny of the Calcareous Sponges, with a Reference List of all the described Species, systematically arranged. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 3: 704-813.
page(s): 716 [details]
additional source Jenkin, C.F. (1908). Porifera. III. Calcarea. National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904. <em>Natural History, Zoology.</em> 4: 1-49, pls XXVII-XXXVIII.
page(s): 1 [details]
page(s): 136 [details]
additional source Dendy, A.; Row, R.W.H. (1913). The Classification and Phylogeny of the Calcareous Sponges, with a Reference List of all the described Species, systematically arranged. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 3: 704-813.
page(s): 716 [details]
additional source Jenkin, C.F. (1908). Porifera. III. Calcarea. National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904. <em>Natural History, Zoology.</em> 4: 1-49, pls XXVII-XXXVIII.
page(s): 1 [details]
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Nomenclature Poléjaeff (1883) changed the name of Haeckel's (1872) 'family' Ascones to Homocoela. As the order level is not subject to the Principle of Priority, the name change is not illegal. Poléjaeff's name was reduced to the rank of family by Dendy & Row, 1913, but that name is unavailable (ICZN Art. 29.1) as there is no genus Homocoela. The family Homocoelidae was also used by Burton (1963). We will not separately make an entry of the family name Homocoelidae as it is not an available name and it is not clear of which family name it can be cited a synonym.All three groups, 'Ascones' and 'Homocoela' and 'Homocoelidae', include members of both of the two modern classes Calcinea and Calcaronea as there was initially no distinction between Leucosolenia (Calcaronea) and Clathrina (Calcinea).
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