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Isodictya Bowerbank, 1864

Esper's Spongia lobata
Esper's Spongia lobata

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Poecilosclerida (Order)
  7. Isodictyidae (Family)
  8. Isodictya (Genus)
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  1. Species Isodictya alata (Stephens, 1915)
  2. Species Isodictya aspera Bowerbank, 1877
  3. Species Isodictya bentarti Rios, Cristobo & Urgorri, 2004
  4. Species Isodictya cavicornuta Dendy, 1924
  5. Species Isodictya chichatouzae Uriz, 1984
  6. Species Isodictya compressa (Esper, 1797)
  7. Species Isodictya conulosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
  8. Species Isodictya cutisanserina Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2016
  9. Species Isodictya deichmannae (de Laubenfels, 1949)
  10. Species Isodictya delicata (Thiele, 1905)
  11. Species Isodictya doryphora (Brøndsted, 1927)
  12. Species Isodictya dufresni Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982
  13. Species Isodictya echinata Thomas & Matthew, 1986
  14. Species Isodictya elastica (Vosmaer, 1880)
  15. Species Isodictya erinacea (Topsent, 1916)
  16. Species Isodictya filiformis Ríos, Riesgo, Taboada & Cristobo, 2020
  17. Species Isodictya foliata (Carter, 1885)
  18. Species Isodictya frondosa (Lévi, 1963)
  19. Species Isodictya grandis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
  20. Species Isodictya histodermella de Laubenfels, 1942
  21. Species Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
  22. Species Isodictya lankesteri (Kirkpatrick, 1907)
  23. Species Isodictya lenta (Vosmaer, 1880)
  24. Species Isodictya megachela Burton, 1934
  25. Species Isodictya microchela (Topsent, 1915)
  26. Species Isodictya multiformis (Stephens, 1915)
  27. Species Isodictya obliquidens (Hentschel, 1914)
  28. Species Isodictya palmata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
  29. Species Isodictya porifera (Whitelegge, 1906)
  30. Species Isodictya pulviliformis (Koltun, 1955)
  31. Species Isodictya quatsinoensis (Lambe, 1893)
  32. Species Isodictya rigida (Lambe, 1893)
  33. Species Isodictya setifera (Topsent, 1901)
  34. Species Isodictya spinigera (Kirkpatrick, 1907)
  35. Species Isodictya staurophora (Hentschel, 1911)
  36. Species Isodictya toxophila Burton, 1932
  37. Species Isodictya trigona (Topsent, 1917)
  38. Species Isodictya vancouverensis (Lambe, 1893)
  39. Species Isodictya verrucosa (Topsent, 1913)
  40. Species Isodictya ectofibrosa (Lévi, 1963) accepted as Fibulia ectofibrosa (Lévi, 1963) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
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] OpenAccess publication
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: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131905 on 2026-01-18
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Isodictya Bowerbank, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131905 on 2026-01-18
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2010-08-02 14:22:26Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2018-05-30 14:48:59Z
changed
Boury-Esnault, Nicole
2020-12-13 10:31:54Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

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] OpenAccess publication

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] OpenAccess publication

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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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