Deep-Sea taxon details
Spiroxya heteroclita Topsent, 1896
134238 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134238)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Topsent, E. (1896). Matériaux pour servir à l'étude de la faune des spongiaires de France. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> (9):113-133.
page(s): 122 [details]
page(s): 122 [details]
Holotype MNHN DT 2413, geounit Western Mediterranean
Holotype MNHN DT 2413, geounit Western Mediterranean [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. Spiroxya heteroclita Topsent, 1896. 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=134238 on 2026-07-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Spiroxya heteroclita Topsent, 1896. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134238 on 2026-07-01
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Topsent, E. (1896). Matériaux pour servir à l'étude de la faune des spongiaires de France. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> (9):113-133.
page(s): 122 [details]
basis of record Topsent, E. (1900). Étude monographique des Spongiaires de France. III.Monaxonida (Hadromerina). <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (3) 8: 1-331, pls I-VIII.
page(s): 280 [details]
basis of record 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]
additional source Boury-Esnault, N. (1971). Spongiaires de la zone rocheuse de Banyuls-sur-Mer. II. Systématique. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 22(2): 287-349.
page(s): 299 [details] Available for editors
additional source 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 Voultsiadou, E.; Vafidis, D. (2004). Rare sponge (Porifera: Demospongiae) species from the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 84 (3): 593-598., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315404009592h
page(s): 595 [details] Available for editors
additional source Longo, C.; Mastrototaro, F.; Corriero, G. (2005). Sponge fauna associated with a Mediterranean deep-sea coral bank. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 85: 1341-1352., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315405012518
page(s): 1343 [details] Available for editors
additional source Corriero, G.; Abbiati, M.; Santangelo, G. (1997). Sponges inhabiting a Mediteranean red coral population. <em>Marine Ecology.</em> 18 (2), 147-155., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1997.tb00433.x
page(s): 149 [details] Available for editors
additional source Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
page(s): 2158 [details] Available for editors
additional source 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
page(s): 122 [details]
basis of record Topsent, E. (1900). Étude monographique des Spongiaires de France. III.Monaxonida (Hadromerina). <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (3) 8: 1-331, pls I-VIII.
page(s): 280 [details]
basis of record 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]
additional source Boury-Esnault, N. (1971). Spongiaires de la zone rocheuse de Banyuls-sur-Mer. II. Systématique. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 22(2): 287-349.
page(s): 299 [details] Available for editors
additional source 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 Voultsiadou, E.; Vafidis, D. (2004). Rare sponge (Porifera: Demospongiae) species from the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 84 (3): 593-598., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315404009592h
page(s): 595 [details] Available for editors
additional source Longo, C.; Mastrototaro, F.; Corriero, G. (2005). Sponge fauna associated with a Mediterranean deep-sea coral bank. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 85: 1341-1352., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315405012518
page(s): 1343 [details] Available for editors
additional source Corriero, G.; Abbiati, M.; Santangelo, G. (1997). Sponges inhabiting a Mediteranean red coral population. <em>Marine Ecology.</em> 18 (2), 147-155., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1997.tb00433.x
page(s): 149 [details] Available for editors
additional source Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
page(s): 2158 [details] Available for editors
additional source 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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MNHN DT 2413, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
