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Porifera taxon details

Dysidea Johnston, 1842

Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1818)
Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1818)

131745  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131745)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Keratosa (Subclass)
  6. Dictyoceratida (Order)
  7. Dysideidae (Family)
  8. Dysidea (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Spongia fragilis Montagu, 1814 accepted as Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1814) (type by subsequent designation)
Aulena Lendenfeld, 1886 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Duseideia Johnston, 1842 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Haastia Lendenfeld, 1888 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Halmopsis Lendenfeld, 1886 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Spongelia Nardo, 1847 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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  1. Species Dysidea aedificanda (Row, 1911)
  2. Species Dysidea amblia (de Laubenfels, 1930)
  3. Species Dysidea anceps (Hyatt, 1877)
  4. Species Dysidea arenaria Bergquist, 1965
  5. Species Dysidea avara (Schmidt, 1862)
  6. Species Dysidea cachui Carballo, Zubia & Ortega, 2006
  7. Species Dysidea cacos (Lendenfeld, 1888)
  8. Species Dysidea cana (Hyatt, 1877)
  9. Species Dysidea chalinoides (Burton, 1931)
  10. Species Dysidea chilensis (Thiele, 1905)
  11. Species Dysidea cinerea Keller, 1889
  12. Species Dysidea clathrata (Hentschel, 1912)
  13. Species Dysidea conica Bowerbank, 1873
  14. Species Dysidea corallina Kim, Lee & Sim, 2020
  15. Species Dysidea crassa (Dendy, 1905)
  16. Species Dysidea cristagalli Bergquist, 1961
  17. Species Dysidea dakini (Dendy & Frederick, 1924)
  18. Species Dysidea dendyi (Ferrer Hernandez, 1923)
  19. Species Dysidea digitata (Sollas, 1902)
  20. Species Dysidea distans (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  21. Species Dysidea dokdoensis Kang, Lee & Sim, 2020
  22. Species Dysidea enormis (Hyatt, 1877)
  23. Species Dysidea etheria de Laubenfels, 1936
  24. Species Dysidea fasciculata (Wilson, 1925)
  25. Species Dysidea flabellum (Lendenfeld, 1886)
  26. Species Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1814)
  27. Species Dysidea frondosa Berquist, 1995
  28. Species Dysidea geomunensis Kim, Lee & Sim, 2020
  29. Species Dysidea glavea Kim, Lee & Sim, 2020
  30. Species Dysidea gracilis (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  31. Species Dysidea granulosa Bergquist, 1965
  32. Species Dysidea gumminea Ridley, 1884
  33. Species Dysidea hirciniformis Carter, 1885
  34. Species Dysidea hirsuta Kang, Lee & Sim, 2020
  35. Species Dysidea horrens (Selenka, 1867)
  36. Species Dysidea hydra Kang, Lee & Sim, 2020
  37. Species Dysidea implexa (Ridley, 1884)
  38. Species Dysidea incrustans (Schmidt, 1862)
  39. Species Dysidea incrustata (Dendy, 1905)
  40. Species Dysidea janiae (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
  41. Species Dysidea kenkriegeri Lehnert & Stone, 2015
  42. Species Dysidea laxa (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  43. Species Dysidea lehnerti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  44. Species Dysidea ligneana (Hyatt, 1877)
  45. Species Dysidea marshalli (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  46. Species Dysidea minna Hoshino, 1985
  47. Species Dysidea mureungensis Kim, Lee & Sim, 2020
  48. Species Dysidea navicularis (Lendenfeld, 1888)
  49. Species Dysidea nigrescens Berquist, 1995
  50. Species Dysidea nivea Kang, Lee & Sim, 2020
  51. Species Dysidea oculata (Burton, 1929)
  52. Species Dysidea pallescens (Schmidt, 1862)
  53. Species Dysidea perfistulata Pulitzer-Finali & Pronzato, 1980
  54. Species Dysidea ramoglomerata Carter, 1887
  55. Species Dysidea ramosa sensu Wilson, 1902
  56. Species Dysidea ramsayi (Lendenfeld, 1888)
  57. Species Dysidea reformensis Carballo, Zubia & Ortega, 2006
  58. Species Dysidea robusta Vilanova & Muricy, 2001
  59. Species Dysidea sabulum Kang, Lee & Sim, 2020
  60. Species Dysidea sagum (Lendenfeld, 1888)
  61. Species Dysidea septosa (Lamarck, 1814)
  62. Species Dysidea spiculifera (Lendenfeld, 1888)
  63. Species Dysidea spiculivora (Dendy, 1924)
  64. Species Dysidea spinosa (Hyatt, 1877)
  65. Species Dysidea teawanui Kelly, Mc Cormack & Battershill, 2020
  66. Species Dysidea tenuifibra (Burton, 1932)
  67. Species Dysidea tuapokere Kelly, Mc Cormack & Battershill, 2020
  68. Species Dysidea tubulata Rutot, 1874 †
  69. Species Dysidea tupha (Pallas, 1766)
  70. Species Dysidea uriae Carballo, Zubia & Ortega, 2006
  71. Species Dysidea variabilis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
  72. Species Dysidea villosa (Lendenfeld, 1886)
  73. Species Dysidea violata Lee & Sim, 2007
  74. Species Dysidea alta (Poléjaeff, 1884) accepted as Hyrtios altus (Poléjaeff, 1884) (genus transfer)
  75. Species Dysidea argentea Marshall, 1880 accepted as Phoriospongia argentea (Marshall, 1880)
  76. Species Dysidea callosa Marshall, 1880 accepted as Psammoclema callosum (Marshall, 1880) (genus transfer)
  77. Species Dysidea chaliniformis Carter, 1885 accepted as Psammochela chaliniformis (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer)
  78. Species Dysidea chlorea de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Lamellodysidea chlorea (de Laubenfels, 1954) (genus transfer)
  79. Species Dysidea coriacea Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1814) (junior synonym)
  80. Species Dysidea crawshayi de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Dysidea variabilis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (junior synonym)
  81. Species Dysidea digitifera Ridley, 1884 accepted as Psammoclema digitiferum (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
  82. Species Dysidea elegans (Nardo, 1847) accepted as Dysidea tupha (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)
  83. Species Dysidea elegans (Lendenfeld, 1889) accepted as Hyrtios elegans (Lendenfeld, 1888) (genus transfer)
  84. Species Dysidea favosa Marshall, 1880 accepted as Chondropsis kirkii (Bowerbank, 1841) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  85. Species Dysidea fusca (Carter, 1880) accepted as Ircinia fusca (Carter, 1880)
  86. Species Dysidea fusca Ridley, 1884 accepted as Hyrtios erectus (Keller, 1889)
  87. Species Dysidea herbacea (Keller, 1889) accepted as Lamellodysidea herbacea (Keller, 1889) (genus transfer)
  88. Species Dysidea kirkii Bowerbank, 1841 accepted as Chondropsis kirkii (Bowerbank, 1841) (genus transfer)
  89. Species Dysidea nigra Keller, 1889 accepted as Hyrtios erectus (Keller, 1889) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  90. Species Dysidea niveus Kang, Lee & Sim, 2020 accepted as Dysidea nivea Kang, Lee & Sim, 2020 (agreement in gender)
  91. Species Dysidea nodosa (Carter, 1885) accepted as Psammoclema nodosum (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer)
  92. Species Dysidea papillosa (Johnston, 1842) accepted as Epizoanthus papillosus Johnston, 1842 (genus and phylum transfer)
  93. Species Dysidea rhax de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Aplysinella rhax (de Laubenfels, 1954) (genus transfer)
  94. Species Dysidea semicanalis Ridley, 1884 accepted as Euryspongia semicanalis (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
  95. Species Dysidea tubulata (Lehnert & van Soest, 1998) accepted as Dysidea lehnerti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
  96. Species Dysidea tubulosa Carter, 1882 accepted as Dysidea janiae (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (junior synonym)
  97. Species Dysidea dubia (Hyatt, 1877) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  98. Species Dysidea excavata (Hyatt, 1877) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  99. Species Dysidea mollior (Hyatt, 1877) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  100. Species Dysidea rigida (Hyatt, 1877) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582 [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. Dysidea Johnston, 1842. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131745 on 2025-07-17
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2006-02-01 19:04:21Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2020-03-09 13:29:20Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2020-06-17 08:42:31Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Spongelia Nardo, 1847) Nardo, G.D. (1847). Prospetto della fauna marina volgare del Veneto estuario con cenni sulle principali specie commestibili dell'Adriatico, sulle venete pesche, sulle valli, ecc. Pp. 113-156 (1-45 in reprint). <em>In: Venezia e le sue Lagune. Volume Secundo. G. Antonelli: Venezia.</em> [According to Carlo Froglia, the Prospetto and the Sinonimia were published simultaneously; the Sinonimia is here considered to have priority.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53300268
page(s): 3 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Aulena Lendenfeld, 1886) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1886 [1885]). A Monograph of the Australian Sponges. Part V. The Auleninae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 10 (3): 282-325, pls 26-35.
page(s): 308-309 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Duseideia Johnston, 1842) Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Haastia 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): 204 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Halmopsis Lendenfeld, 1886) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1886 [1885]). A Monograph of the Australian Sponges. Part V. The Auleninae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 10 (3): 282-325, pls 26-35.
page(s): 320 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

basis of record Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002). Family Dysideidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1061-1066. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 +xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Full text PDF

basis of record Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Dysideidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1061-1066. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 +xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source 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): 137 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Vacelet, J. (1959). Répartition générale des éponges et systématique des éponges cornées de la région de Marseille et de quelques stations méditerranéennes. <em>Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume.</em> 16 (26): 39-101, pls 1-3.
page(s): 66-67; note: with a description [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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 [request]

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

additional source 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.
page(s): 480-482 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Spongelia Nardo, 1847) 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): 641-653 [details] 

basis of record (of Spongelia Nardo, 1847) Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002). Family Dysideidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1061-1066. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 +xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Full text PDF

basis of record (of Spongelia Nardo, 1847) Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Dysideidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1061-1066. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 +xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Aulena Lendenfeld, 1886) Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details] 

basis of record (of Halmopsis Lendenfeld, 1886) Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002). Family Dysideidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1061-1066. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 +xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Full text PDF

basis of record (of Halmopsis Lendenfeld, 1886) Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Dysideidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1061-1066. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 +xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Haastia 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): 626-628 [details] 

additional source (of Halmopsis Lendenfeld, 1886) 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): 129 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Haastia Lendenfeld, 1888) 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): 160 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Aulena Lendenfeld, 1886) 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): 33-35 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Spongelia Nardo, 1847) Nardo, G. D. (1834). De Spongiis. <em>Isis (Oken).</em> 714-716. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Aulena Lendenfeld, 1886) 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): 228 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongelia Nardo, 1847) 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

source of synonymy (of Spongelia Nardo, 1847) 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): 161 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Japanese ツチイロカイメン属  [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dysidea) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haastia) (from synonym Haastia Lendenfeld, 1888)
To Genbank 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Dysidea 630 cf. D.) 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Dysidea lizardensis_1519) 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Dysidea sp. 0229 cf.) 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Dysidea sp. 1584) 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Dysidea sp. 2062) 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Dysidea sp. 2536) 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Dysidea sp. 2536) 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Dysidea sp. 2536) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005420.PR) 
To ITIS
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