Deep-Sea taxon details
Isodictya Bowerbank, 1864
131905 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131905)
accepted
Genus
Cercidochela Kirkpatrick, 1907 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Homoeodictya Ehlers, 1870 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Isodictya delicata (Thiele, 1905)
- Species Isodictya doryphora (Brøndsted, 1927)
- Species Isodictya erinacea (Topsent, 1916)
- Species Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
- Species Isodictya lankesteri (Kirkpatrick, 1907)
- Species Isodictya megachela Burton, 1934
- Species Isodictya obliquidens (Hentschel, 1914)
- Species Isodictya setifera (Topsent, 1901)
- Species Isodictya toxophila Burton, 1932
- Species Isodictya antarctica (Kirkpatrick, 1908) accepted as Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (junior synonym)
- Species Isodictya cactoides (Kirkpatrick, 1908) accepted as Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (junior synonym)
- Species Isodictya spinispiculum Carter, 1876 accepted as Janulum spinispiculum (Carter, 1876) (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]
page(s): 197-199 [details]
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: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131905 on 2026-09-25
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Isodictya Bowerbank, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131905 on 2026-09-25
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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]
original description (of Homoeodictya Ehlers, 1870) Ehlers, E. (1870). Die Esper'schen Spongien in der zoologischen Sammlung der K. Universität Erlangen. (E.Th. Jacob: Erlangen): 1-36. [details]
original description (of Cercidochela Kirkpatrick, 1907) Kirkpatrick, R. (1907). Preliminary Report on the Monaxonellida of the National Antarctic Expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 7(20): 271-291., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930709487333
page(s): 284 [details]
original description (of Cercidochela Kirkpatrick, 1907) Kirkpatrick, R. (1908). Porifera (Sponges). II. Tetraxonida, Dendy. <em>National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 Natural History.</em> 4, Zoology: 1-56, pls VIII-XXVI.
page(s): 42 [details]
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]
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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
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]
page(s): 197-199 [details]
original description (of Homoeodictya Ehlers, 1870) Ehlers, E. (1870). Die Esper'schen Spongien in der zoologischen Sammlung der K. Universität Erlangen. (E.Th. Jacob: Erlangen): 1-36. [details]
original description (of Cercidochela Kirkpatrick, 1907) Kirkpatrick, R. (1907). Preliminary Report on the Monaxonellida of the National Antarctic Expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 7(20): 271-291., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930709487333
page(s): 284 [details]
original description (of Cercidochela Kirkpatrick, 1907) Kirkpatrick, R. (1908). Porifera (Sponges). II. Tetraxonida, Dendy. <em>National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 Natural History.</em> 4, Zoology: 1-56, pls VIII-XXVI.
page(s): 42 [details]
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]
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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アミカイメン属 | [details] |
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Isodictya)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 084321)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 084321)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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