Porifera taxon details
Hyrtios violaceus (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
165359 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165359)
accepted
Species
Acamas violacea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Cacospongia spongeliformis Wilson, 1902 · unaccepted
Oligoceras collectrix hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Oligoceras hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Oligoceras spongeliformis (Wilson, 1902) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Oligoceras violacea (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Acamas violacea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 95-96; pl XXII fig 4 [details]
page(s): 95-96; pl XXII fig 4 [details]
Type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean
type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
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. Hyrtios violaceus (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=165359 on 2025-05-14
original description
(of Acamas violacea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 95-96; pl XXII fig 4 [details]
original description (of Oligoceras hemorrhages de 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. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 16; pl 6 fig 2 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Cacospongia spongeliformis Wilson, 1902) Wilson, H.V. (1902 [1900]). The sponges collected in Porto Rico in 1899 by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Fish Hawk. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> 2: 375-411.
page(s): 403 [details]
basis of record Bergquist, P.R. (1980). A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (class Demospongiae). <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 7 (4): 443-503. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 177-178 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 22 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Alcolado, P.M.; Busutil, L. (2012). Inventaire des spongiaires néritiques du Parc National de La Guadeloupe (Inventario de las esponjas neríticas del Parque Nacional de Guadalupe). <em>Serie Oceanológica.</em> 10, 62-76.
page(s): 71 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Alcolado, PM. (2007). Comunidades de esponjas de manglares de Cuba in: Ecosistemas de manglar en el archipélago cubano, (eds Carrera, LM; Guzman JM). <em>Academia de Cuba, La Habana.</em> pp 243-253.
page(s): 251 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record (of Oligoceras spongeliformis (Wilson, 1902)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94. [details]
basis of record (of Oligoceras hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94. [details]
additional source (of Oligoceras hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936) Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 63 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source (of Oligoceras hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1949). Sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1431: 1-25.
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source (of Acamas violacea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. (1983). Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). <em>Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 9 (21): 189-205.
page(s): 200 [details]
additional source (of Oligoceras hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936) Hartman, W.D. (1955). A collection of sponges from the west coast of the Yucatan Peninsula with descriptions of two new species. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 5 (3): 161-189.
page(s): 162 [details]
additional source (of Oligoceras hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936) Hechtel, G.J. (1965). A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 20: 1-103.
page(s): 11-12; pl I fig 5 [details]
source of synonymy (of Oligoceras spongeliformis (Wilson, 1902)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 3: 1-217.
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy (of Oligoceras collectrix hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 3: 1-217.
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference (of Oligoceras violacea (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94.
page(s): 30-32; fig 10, pl V-4 & VI-1 [details]
page(s): 95-96; pl XXII fig 4 [details]
original description (of Oligoceras hemorrhages de 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. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 16; pl 6 fig 2 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cacospongia spongeliformis Wilson, 1902) Wilson, H.V. (1902 [1900]). The sponges collected in Porto Rico in 1899 by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Fish Hawk. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> 2: 375-411.
page(s): 403 [details]
basis of record Bergquist, P.R. (1980). A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (class Demospongiae). <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 7 (4): 443-503. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 177-178 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 22 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Alcolado, P.M.; Busutil, L. (2012). Inventaire des spongiaires néritiques du Parc National de La Guadeloupe (Inventario de las esponjas neríticas del Parque Nacional de Guadalupe). <em>Serie Oceanológica.</em> 10, 62-76.
page(s): 71 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Alcolado, PM. (2007). Comunidades de esponjas de manglares de Cuba in: Ecosistemas de manglar en el archipélago cubano, (eds Carrera, LM; Guzman JM). <em>Academia de Cuba, La Habana.</em> pp 243-253.
page(s): 251 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record (of Oligoceras spongeliformis (Wilson, 1902)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94. [details]
basis of record (of Oligoceras hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94. [details]
additional source (of Oligoceras hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936) Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 63 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source (of Oligoceras hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1949). Sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1431: 1-25.
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source (of Acamas violacea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. (1983). Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). <em>Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 9 (21): 189-205.
page(s): 200 [details]
additional source (of Oligoceras hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936) Hartman, W.D. (1955). A collection of sponges from the west coast of the Yucatan Peninsula with descriptions of two new species. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 5 (3): 161-189.
page(s): 162 [details]
additional source (of Oligoceras hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936) Hechtel, G.J. (1965). A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 20: 1-103.
page(s): 11-12; pl I fig 5 [details]
source of synonymy (of Oligoceras spongeliformis (Wilson, 1902)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 3: 1-217.
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy (of Oligoceras collectrix hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 3: 1-217.
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference (of Oligoceras violacea (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94.
page(s): 30-32; fig 10, pl V-4 & VI-1 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Oligoceras hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Acamas violacea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hyrtios violaceus)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Acamas violacea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Oligoceras violacea (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Cacospongia spongeliformis Wilson, 1902)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (4 records) (from synonym Oligoceras hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 22484) (from synonym Oligoceras hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Acamas violacea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hyrtios violaceus)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Acamas violacea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Oligoceras violacea (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Cacospongia spongeliformis Wilson, 1902)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (4 records) (from synonym Oligoceras hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 22484) (from synonym Oligoceras hemorrhages de Laubenfels, 1936)
