Marine Species Traits - Microxina Topsent, 1916

Traits taxon details

Microxina Topsent, 1916

AphiaID

166763 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166763)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Microxina charcoti Topsent, 1916 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Niphatidae van Soest, 1980

Original name

Microxina Topsent, 1916

Direct children (8)

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Species Microxina benedeni (Topsent, 1901)
Species Microxina charcoti Topsent, 1916
Species Microxina lanceolata Calcinai & Pansini, 2000
Species Microxina myxa Goodwin, Brewin & Brickle, 2012
Species Microxina phakellioides (Kirkpatrick, 1907)
Species Microxina sarai Calcinai & Pansini, 2000
Species Microxina simplex (Topsent, 1916)
Species Microxina subtilis (Pulitzer-Finali, 1982) accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) pulitzeri Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (genus transfer and preoccupied)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Topsent, E. (1916). Diagnoses d'éponges recueillies dans l'Antarctique par le Pourquoi-Pas?. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris. (1) 22(3): 163-172.
page(s): 170 [details]

Topsent, E. (1917). Spongiaires. Pp. 1-88, pls 1-6. In: Joubin, L. (Ed.), Deuxième Expédition Antarctique Française (1908-1910) Commandée par le Dr. Jean Charcot. Sciences Physiques: Documents Scientifiques (Paris). 4. (Masson & Cie: Paris).
page(s): 72 [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. Microxina Topsent, 1916. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166763 on 2026-03-16

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Microxina Topsent, 1916. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166763 on 2026-03-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2010-05-30 09:12:59Z

checked

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2018-08-31 06:50:23Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2020-12-16 10:32:25Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Topsent, E. (1916). Diagnoses d'éponges recueillies dans l'Antarctique par le Pourquoi-Pas?. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris. (1) 22(3): 163-172.
page(s): 170 [details]

original description Topsent, E. (1917). Spongiaires. Pp. 1-88, pls 1-6. In: Joubin, L. (Ed.), Deuxième Expédition Antarctique Française (1908-1910) Commandée par le Dr. Jean Charcot. Sciences Physiques: Documents Scientifiques (Paris). 4. (Masson & Cie: Paris).
page(s): 72 [details]

basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Niphatidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 874-890. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_92 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Niphatidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 874-890. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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