WoRMS taxon details
Pericharax heteroraphis Poléjaeff, 1883
164768 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164768)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Poléjaeff, N. (1883). Report on the Calcarea dredged by H.M.S.'Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger', 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 8 (2): 1-76, pl. I-IX., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-24/README.htm
page(s): 66 [details]
page(s): 66 [details]
Type locality contained in Tristan Da Cunha Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Tristan da Cunha
type locality contained in Tristan Da Cunha Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality Tristan da Cunha [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. (2026). World Porifera Database. Pericharax heteroraphis Poléjaeff, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164768 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Poléjaeff, N. (1883). Report on the Calcarea dredged by H.M.S.'Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger', 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 8 (2): 1-76, pl. I-IX., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-24/README.htm
page(s): 66 [details]
page(s): 66 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Soest, R.W.M.; De Voogd, N.J. (2015). Calcareous sponges of Indonesia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3951(1): 1-105., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3951.1.1
page(s): 57 [details]
page(s): 57 [details]
Other
additional source
Wörheide, G.; Hooper, J.N.A. (1999). Calcarea from the Great Barrier Reef. 1: Cryptic Calcinea from Heron Island and Wistari Reef (Capricorn-Bunker Group). <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 43 (2): 859-891.
page(s): 886-887; note: misapplication [details]
additional source Fromont, J.; Vanderklift, M.A. (2009). Porifera (sponges) of Mermaid, Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, north Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement 77: 89-103.
page(s): Table 1; note: Misapplication for.
[details] Available for editors 
[request]
additional source Borojevic, R.; Klautau, M. (2000). Calcareous sponges from New Caledonia. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 22 (2): 187-201.
page(s): 195-196; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1930). The Porifera of the Siboga Expedition. III. Calcarea.<i>In</i>: Weber, M. (Ed.), Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op zoologisch,botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-lndië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e kl. G. F. Tydeman. III (Monographie VIa2). 1-18.
page(s): 3-4; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Burton, M. (1934). Sponges. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29.</em> 4 (14): 513-621, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49517195#page/667/mode/1up [details]
additional source Dendy, A. (1913). The Percy Sladen trust expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905 (V). I. Report on the Calcareous Sponges collected by HMS ‘Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 2 (16): 1-29.
page(s): 13-15; note: Misapplication [details]
page(s): 886-887; note: misapplication [details]
additional source Fromont, J.; Vanderklift, M.A. (2009). Porifera (sponges) of Mermaid, Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, north Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement 77: 89-103.
page(s): Table 1; note: Misapplication for
[request]additional source Borojevic, R.; Klautau, M. (2000). Calcareous sponges from New Caledonia. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 22 (2): 187-201.
page(s): 195-196; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1930). The Porifera of the Siboga Expedition. III. Calcarea.<i>In</i>: Weber, M. (Ed.), Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op zoologisch,botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-lndië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e kl. G. F. Tydeman. III (Monographie VIa2). 1-18.
page(s): 3-4; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Burton, M. (1934). Sponges. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29.</em> 4 (14): 513-621, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49517195#page/667/mode/1up [details]
additional source Dendy, A. (1913). The Percy Sladen trust expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905 (V). I. Report on the Calcareous Sponges collected by HMS ‘Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 2 (16): 1-29.
page(s): 13-15; note: Misapplication [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
