African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Darwinellidae Merejkowsky, 1879

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Darwinellidae Merejkowsky, 1879

AphiaID

131623 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131623)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Dendroceratida

Synonymised names

Aplysillidae Lendenfeld, 1883 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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Genus Aplysilla Schulze, 1878
Genus Armodendrilla Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Genus Chelonaplysilla de Laubenfels, 1948
Genus Darwinella Müller, 1865
Genus Dendrilla Lendenfeld, 1883
Genus Darwinia Schultze, 1865 accepted as Darwinella Müller, 1865 (preoccupied)
Genus Simplicella Merejkowsky, 1878 accepted as Aplysilla Schulze, 1878 (junior synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Merejkowsky, C. (1879). Etudes sur les Eponges de la Mer Blanche. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des sciences de St. Pétersbourg. VII série, 26 (7): 1-51, pls I-III. [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Darwinellidae Merejkowsky, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131623 on 2025-07-16

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description Merejkowsky, C. (1879). Etudes sur les Eponges de la Mer Blanche. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des sciences de St. Pétersbourg. VII série, 26 (7): 1-51, pls I-III. [details]

original description (of Aplysillidae Lendenfeld, 1883) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1883). Über Coelenteraten der Südsee. II.Mittheilung. Neue Aplysinidae. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 38(2): 234-313, pls X-XIII. [details]

basis of record Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. 2002. Family Darwinellidae Merejkowsky, 1879. Pp. 1068-1071. In: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. 2002 [2004]. Family Darwinellidae Merejkowsky, 1879. Pp. 1068-1071. In: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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Other

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 IMIS) [details]

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