Deep-Sea taxon details
Alectona Carter, 1879
132025 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132025)
accepted
Genus
Alectona millari Carter, 1879 (type by monotypy)
- Species Alectona mesatlantica Vacelet, 1999
- Species Alectona millari Carter, 1879
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Carter, H.J. (1879). On a New Species of Excavating Sponge (<i>Alectona millari</i>); and on a New Species of <i>Rhaphidotheca</i> (<i>R. affinis</i>). <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 2: 493-499, plsXVII-XVIIa., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1879.tb01670.x [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. Alectona Carter, 1879. 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=132025 on 2026-09-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Alectona Carter, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132025 on 2026-09-09
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Carter, H.J. (1879). On a New Species of Excavating Sponge (<i>Alectona millari</i>); and on a New Species of <i>Rhaphidotheca</i> (<i>R. affinis</i>). <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 2: 493-499, plsXVII-XVIIa., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1879.tb01670.x [details]
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Alectonidae Rosell, 1996. Pp. 281-290. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Alectonidae Rosell, 1996. Pp. 281-290. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> 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_31 [details] Available for editors
additional source Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls. [details] Available for editors
additional source Borchiellini,C., Alivon,E. & Vacelet, J. 2004. The systematic position of Alectona (Porifera, Demospongiae): a tetractinellid sponge.Boll. Mus. Ist. Biol. Univ. Genova, 68: 209-217 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cárdenas, P.; Xavier, J.R.; Reveillaud, J.; Schander, C.; Rapp, H.T. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiaep) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 6 (4), e18318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018318 [details]
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
additional source Vacelet, J. (1999). Planktonic armoured propagules of the excavating sponge <i>Alectona</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae) are larvae: evidence from <i>Alectona wallichii</i> and <i>A. mesatlantica</i> sp. nov.<i> In</i>: Hooper JNA (ed) Origin and Outlook. Proceedings of the 5th International Sponge Symposium 1998. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 44, 627-642. [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]
status source Rosell, D.; Uriz, M.J. (1997). Phylogenetic Relationships within the Excavating Hadromerida (Porifera), with a Systematic Revision. <em>Cladistics.</em> 13 (4): 349-366., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00324.x [details] Available for editors
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Alectonidae Rosell, 1996. Pp. 281-290. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Alectonidae Rosell, 1996. Pp. 281-290. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> 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_31 [details] Available for editors
additional source Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls. [details] Available for editors
additional source Borchiellini,C., Alivon,E. & Vacelet, J. 2004. The systematic position of Alectona (Porifera, Demospongiae): a tetractinellid sponge.Boll. Mus. Ist. Biol. Univ. Genova, 68: 209-217 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cárdenas, P.; Xavier, J.R.; Reveillaud, J.; Schander, C.; Rapp, H.T. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiaep) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 6 (4), e18318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018318 [details]
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
additional source Vacelet, J. (1999). Planktonic armoured propagules of the excavating sponge <i>Alectona</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae) are larvae: evidence from <i>Alectona wallichii</i> and <i>A. mesatlantica</i> sp. nov.<i> In</i>: Hooper JNA (ed) Origin and Outlook. Proceedings of the 5th International Sponge Symposium 1998. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 44, 627-642. [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]
status source Rosell, D.; Uriz, M.J. (1997). Phylogenetic Relationships within the Excavating Hadromerida (Porifera), with a Systematic Revision. <em>Cladistics.</em> 13 (4): 349-366., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00324.x [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alectona)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alectona species; BMNH 82.4.27.4, unrecorded catalog number)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alectona species; BMNH 82.4.27.4, unrecorded catalog number)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Image from typetaxon
Image from typetaxon
