Deep-Sea taxon details
Petrosia Vosmaer, 1885
131847 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131847)
accepted
Genus
- Subgenus Petrosia (Petrosia) Vosmaer, 1885
- Subgenus Petrosia (Strongylophora) Dendy, 1905
- Species Petrosia friabilis Topsent, 1892 accepted as Xestospongia friabilis (Topsent, 1892) (genus transfer)
- Species Petrosia variabilis sensu Topsent, 1892 accepted as Xestospongia topsenti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (genus transfer abd misapplication)
- Species Petrosia canariensis de Weerdt & van Soest, 1986 represented as Petrosia (Petrosia) canariensis de Weerdt & van Soest, 1986 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Petrosia crassa (Carter, 1876) represented as Petrosia (Petrosia) crassa (Carter, 1876) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Petrosia raphida Boury-Esnault, Pansini & Uriz, 1994 represented as Petrosia (Petrosia) raphida Boury-Esnault, Pansini & Uriz, 1994 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Petrosia vansoesti Boury-Esnault, Pansini & Uriz, 1994 represented as Petrosia (Strongylophora) vansoesti Boury-Esnault, Pansini & Uriz, 1994 (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1885). Porifera, Parts Vll-XI. Pp. 177-368, pls XIX-XXV. <i>In</i>: Bronn, H.G. (Ed.), Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs. 1. (Leipzig & Heidelberg). [details]
Nomenclature A senior synonym Rayneria Nardo, 1833 is a nomen nudum as no species were mentioned in the original publication. An further...
Nomenclature A senior synonym Rayneria Nardo, 1833 is a nomen nudum as no species were mentioned in the original publication. An further senior synonym is Schmidtia Balsamo-Crivelli, 1863, which was assumed to be preoccupied. The latter genus was erected (Balsamo-Crivelli, 1863: 8) for type species Reniera dura Nardo, 1834: 715. Until 2020 it was considered a junior synonym of Schmidtia† Von Volborth, 1869: 208 (Brachiopoda from the Lower Silurian), based on Vosmaer’s (1885: 338) assertion that Von Volborth described the genus in 1860, three years before Balsamo-Crivelli. Vosmaer (l.c.) erected Petrosia as a replacement name, with the same type species, Reniera dura. However, it was discovered that Von Volborth’s Schmidtia† was only described in 1869, not 1860, clearly after Balsamo-Crivelli’s Schmidtia, and thus Balsamo-Crivelli's name should have priority. We have established that the junior genus name Petrosia is nevertheless eligible for conservation under ICZN Art. 23.9: the senior name Schmidtia Balsamo-Crivelli, 1863 has not been used for sponges after 1899 (ICZN Art. 23.9.1.1) and is thus a nomen oblitum, while the junior name Petrosia Vosmaer, 1885 has been used in more than 25 works by more than 10 authors in the immediately preceding 50 years encompassing a span of more than 10 years, and as such is a nomen protectum in the sense of ICZN Art. 23.9.1.2. [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. Petrosia Vosmaer, 1885. 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=131847 on 2025-11-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Petrosia Vosmaer, 1885. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131847 on 2025-11-06
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original description
Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1885). Porifera, Parts Vll-XI. Pp. 177-368, pls XIX-XXV. <i>In</i>: Bronn, H.G. (Ed.), Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs. 1. (Leipzig & Heidelberg). [details]
basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 906-917. <i>In</i>: 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). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 906-917. <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
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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 906-917. <i>In</i>: 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). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 906-917. <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
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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Nomenclature A senior synonym Rayneria Nardo, 1833 is a nomen nudum as no species were mentioned in the original publication. An further senior synonym is Schmidtia Balsamo-Crivelli, 1863, which was assumed to be preoccupied. The latter genus was erected (Balsamo-Crivelli, 1863: 8) for type species Reniera dura Nardo, 1834: 715. Until 2020 it was considered a junior synonym of Schmidtia† Von Volborth, 1869: 208 (Brachiopoda from the Lower Silurian), based on Vosmaer’s (1885: 338) assertion that Von Volborth described the genus in 1860, three years before Balsamo-Crivelli. Vosmaer (l.c.) erected Petrosia as a replacement name, with the same type species, Reniera dura. However, it was discovered that Von Volborth’s Schmidtia† was only described in 1869, not 1860, clearly after Balsamo-Crivelli’s Schmidtia, and thus Balsamo-Crivelli's name should have priority. We have established that the junior genus name Petrosia is nevertheless eligible for conservation under ICZN Art. 23.9: the senior name Schmidtia Balsamo-Crivelli, 1863 has not been used for sponges after 1899 (ICZN Art. 23.9.1.1) and is thus a nomen oblitum, while the junior name Petrosia Vosmaer, 1885 has been used in more than 25 works by more than 10 authors in the immediately preceding 50 years encompassing a span of more than 10 years, and as such is a nomen protectum in the sense of ICZN Art. 23.9.1.2. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | イワカイメン属 | [details] |
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