WoRMS name details
Spiretta raphidiophora Lendenfeld, 1888
193537 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193537)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
Spiretta Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Cinachyrella Wilson, 1925
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12.
page(s): 43 [details]
page(s): 43 [details]
Lectotype AM G9076, geounit Manning-Hawkesbury, AM...
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. Spiretta raphidiophora Lendenfeld, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=193537 on 2025-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12.
page(s): 43 [details]
new combination reference Lendenfeld, R. von. (1903). Porifera. Tetraxonia. pp. vi-xv, 1-168. <em>In: Schulze, Franz Eilhard (Ed.), Das Tierreich. 19. (Friedländer: Berlin).</em>
note: Spiretta species are moved to Tetilla. [details]
page(s): 43 [details]
new combination reference Lendenfeld, R. von. (1903). Porifera. Tetraxonia. pp. vi-xv, 1-168. <em>In: Schulze, Franz Eilhard (Ed.), Das Tierreich. 19. (Friedländer: Berlin).</em>
note: Spiretta species are moved to Tetilla. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Santodomingo, N.; Becking, L.E. (2018). Unravelling the moons: review of the genera <i>Paratetilla</i> and <i>Cinachyrella</i> in the Indo-Pacific (Demospongiae, Tetractinellida, Tetillidae). <em>Zookeys.</em> 791: 1-46.
page(s): 20; note: Santodomingo & Becking (2018) reexamined the paralectotype and confirm Burton (1934)'s synonymy with C. australiensis. [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Burton, M. (1934). Sponges. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29.</em> 4 (14): 513-621, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49517195#page/667/mode/1up
page(s): 523; note: Burton (1934) examines type material and considers that it is a synonym of C. australiensis. [details]
page(s): 20; note: Santodomingo & Becking (2018) reexamined the paralectotype and confirm Burton (1934)'s synonymy with C. australiensis. [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Burton, M. (1934). Sponges. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29.</em> 4 (14): 513-621, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49517195#page/667/mode/1up
page(s): 523; note: Burton (1934) examines type material and considers that it is a synonym of C. australiensis. [details]
Other
subsequent type designation
Van Soest, R.W.M.; Rützler, K. (2002). Family Tetillidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 85-98. <i>In</i>: Hooper J.N.A., Van Soest R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
page(s): 98; note: Based on the description, Van Soest & Rützler follow Lendenfeld (1903) and consider Spiretta to be a Tetilla. They designate a lectotype and paralectotype for this species. [details] Available for editors [request]
subsequent type designation Van Soest, R.W.M.; Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Tetillidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 85-98. <em>In: Hooper J.N.A., Van Soest R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
page(s): 98; note: Based on the description, Van Soest & Rützler follow Lendenfeld (1903) and consider Spiretta to be a Tetilla. They designate a lectotype and paralectotype for this species. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 98; note: Based on the description, Van Soest & Rützler follow Lendenfeld (1903) and consider Spiretta to be a Tetilla. They designate a lectotype and paralectotype for this species. [details] Available for editors
[request]subsequent type designation Van Soest, R.W.M.; Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Tetillidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 85-98. <em>In: Hooper J.N.A., Van Soest R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
page(s): 98; note: Based on the description, Van Soest & Rützler follow Lendenfeld (1903) and consider Spiretta to be a Tetilla. They designate a lectotype and paralectotype for this species. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
