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ERMS taxon details

Isodictya Bowerbank, 1864

Esper's Spongia lobata

AphiaID

131905 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131905)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Spongia palmata Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Isodictya palmata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Isodictyidae Dendy, 1924

Original name

Isodictya Bowerbank, 1864

Synonymised names

Homoeodictya Ehlers, 1870 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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Species Isodictya histodermella de Laubenfels, 1942
Species Isodictya palmata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Species Isodictya barleei Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) barleei (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya coriacea Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Antho (Acarnia) coriacea (Bowerbank, 1874) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya dissimilis Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Axinella dissimilis (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya ferula Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Haliclona (Rhizoniera) rosea (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya fimbriata Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) fimbriata (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya fistulosa Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Halichoclona) fistulosa (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya foliata Bowerbank in Norman, 1869 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) barleei (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Isodictya fucorum (Esper, 1794) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya funalis Bowerbank in Jeffreys & Norman, 1875 accepted as Myxilla funalis (Bowerbank in Jeffreys & Norman, 1875) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya indistincta Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Rhizoniera) indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya laciniosa Bowerbank in Norman, 1869 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) barleei (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya lobata (Montagu, 1814) accepted as Amphilectus ovulum (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer and preoccupied)
Species Isodictya pallida Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya parasitica (Montagu, 1814) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Isodictya pocillum Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Isodictya robusta Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Oceanapia robusta (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya rosea Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Rhizoniera) rosea (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya spinispiculum Carter, 1876 accepted as Janulum spinispiculum (Carter, 1876) (genus transfer)
Species Isodictya tenera Marenzeller, 1878 accepted as Haliclona tenera (Marenzeller, 1878) (genus transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

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]

Taxonomic citation

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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Isodictya Bowerbank, 1864. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131905 on 2025-03-01

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Isodictya Bowerbank, 1864. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131905 on 2025-03-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2010-08-02 14:22:26Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2018-05-30 14:48:59Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2020-12-13 10:31:54Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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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]

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. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in RoR) [details]