WoRMS taxon details
Dictyonella Schmidt, 1868
131796 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131796)
accepted
Genus
Dictyonella cactus Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Dictyonella obtusa (Schmidt, 1862) (type by subsequent designation)
Perissinella Topsent, 1928 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Phacanthina Vosmaer, 1912 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Stylotella (Perissinella) Topsent, 1928 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Dictyonella alonsoi Carballo, Uriz & García-Gómez, 1996
- Species Dictyonella arenosa (Rützler, 1981)
- Species Dictyonella chlorophyllacea Alvarez & Hooper, 2010
- Species Dictyonella conglomerata (Dendy, 1922)
- Species Dictyonella foliaformis Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
- Species Dictyonella funicularis (Rützler, 1981)
- Species Dictyonella hirta (Topsent, 1889)
- Species Dictyonella incisa (Schmidt, 1880)
- Species Dictyonella madeirensis (Topsent, 1928)
- Species Dictyonella marsillii (Topsent, 1893)
- Species Dictyonella obtusa (Schmidt, 1862)
- Species Dictyonella pelligera (Schmidt, 1864)
- Species Dictyonella australiensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1982 accepted as Scopalina australiensis (Pulitzer-Finali, 1982) (genus transfer)
- Species Dictyonella cactus Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Dictyonella obtusa (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym)
- Species Dictyonella dasyphylla de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Thrinacophora cervicornis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (junior synonym)
- Species Dictyonella labyrinthica (Schmidt, 1864) accepted as Crambe crambe (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Dictyonella plicata (Schmidt, 1880) accepted as Dictyonella obtusa (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym)
- Species Dictyonella problematica (de Laubenfels, 1930) accepted as Neopetrosia problematica (de Laubenfels, 1930) (genus transfer)
- Species Dictyonella ruetzleri (Wiedenmayer, 1977) accepted as Scopalina ruetzleri (Wiedenmayer, 1977) (genus transfer)
- Species Dictyonella yumae Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 accepted as Axinyssa yumae (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Schmidt, O. (1868). Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V.
page(s): 10 [details]
page(s): 10 [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. Dictyonella Schmidt, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131796 on 2025-07-15
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original description
Schmidt, O. (1868). Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V.
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Stylotella (Perissinella) Topsent, 1928) Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 171 [details]
original description (of Phacanthina Vosmaer, 1912) Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1912). On the Distinction between the genera <i>Axinella, Phakellia, Acanthella</i> a.o. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena, Supplement.</em> 15(1): 307-322.
page(s): 313 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Erpenbeck, D.; Alvarez, B. (2002). Family Dictyonellidae Van Soest, Díaz & Pomponi, 1990. Pp. 773-786. <em>In:</em> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) <em>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</em>. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_83 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Erpenbeck, D.; Alvarez, B. (2002[2004]). Family Dictyonellidae Van Soest, Díaz & Pomponi, 1990. Pp. 773-786. <em>In:</em> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) <em>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</em>. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Stylotella (Perissinella) Topsent, 1928) Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 171 [details]
original description (of Phacanthina Vosmaer, 1912) Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1912). On the Distinction between the genera <i>Axinella, Phakellia, Acanthella</i> a.o. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena, Supplement.</em> 15(1): 307-322.
page(s): 313 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Erpenbeck, D.; Alvarez, B. (2002). Family Dictyonellidae Van Soest, Díaz & Pomponi, 1990. Pp. 773-786. <em>In:</em> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) <em>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</em>. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_83 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Erpenbeck, D.; Alvarez, B. (2002[2004]). Family Dictyonellidae Van Soest, Díaz & Pomponi, 1990. Pp. 773-786. <em>In:</em> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) <em>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</em>. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dictyonella)
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dictyonella)
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