Marine Species Traits - Dactylia varia (Gray, 1843)

WoRMS taxon details

Dactylia varia (Gray, 1843)

AphiaID

166273 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166273)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Dactylia Carter, 1885

Original name

Spongia varia Gray, 1843

Synonymised names

Chalinopsilla arborea Lendenfeld, 1888 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Chalinopsilla arborea var. macropora Lendenfeld, 1888 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Chalinopsilla arborea var. massa Lendenfeld, 1888 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Chalinopsilla arborea var. micropora Lendenfeld, 1888 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Chalinopsilla palmata (Carter, 1885) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Dactylia chaliniformis Carter, 1885 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Dactylia palmata Carter, 1885 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Spongelia varia (Grant, 1843) · unaccepted

Spongia varia Gray, 1843 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Spongia varia Gray, 1843) Gray, J.E. (1843). Additional radiated animals and annelides. In: Fauna of New Zealand. E. Dieffenbach, ed.,. Travels in New Zealand. 2 : 292-295., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20760269
page(s): 295 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Central New Zealand

type locality contained in Central New Zealand [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. Dactylia varia (Gray, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166273 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2007-10-03 17:26:51Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Dactylia palmata 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) 15(88): 301-321.
page(s): 310 [details]

original description (of Chalinopsilla arborea Lendenfeld, 1888) 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): 109-110 [details]

original description (of Dactylia chaliniformis 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) 15(88): 301-321.
page(s): 309 [details]

original description (of Spongia varia Gray, 1843) Gray, J.E. (1843). Additional radiated animals and annelides. In: Fauna of New Zealand. E. Dieffenbach, ed.,. Travels in New Zealand. 2 : 292-295., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20760269
page(s): 295 [details]

original description (of Chalinopsilla arborea var. massa Lendenfeld, 1888) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 153 [details]

original description (of Chalinopsilla arborea var. macropora Lendenfeld, 1888) 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): 110-111 [details]

original description (of Chalinopsilla arborea var. micropora Lendenfeld, 1888) 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): 111-112 [details]

basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. In: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Dactylia palmata Carter, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Chalinopsilla arborea Lendenfeld, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Dactylia chaliniformis Carter, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Spongia varia Gray, 1843)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dactylia varia)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Spongia varia Gray, 1843)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 086957)

Unreviewed

To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 086957)

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