WoRMS taxon details
Topsentia fernaldi (Sim & Bakus, 1986)
165948 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165948)
accepted
Species
Oxeostilon fernaldi Sim & Bakus, 1986 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Oxeostilon fernaldi Sim & Bakus, 1986) Sim, C.J.; Bakus, G.J. (1986). Marine Sponges of Santa Catalina Island, California. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 5: 1-23.
page(s): 14-15 [details]
page(s): 14-15 [details]
Holotype (of Oxeostilon fernaldi Sim & Bakus, 1986)...
Holotype (of Oxeostilon fernaldi Sim & Bakus, 1986) USNM 33629, geounit Southern California Bight [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Topsentia fernaldi (Sim & Bakus, 1986). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165948 on 2026-04-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Oxeostilon fernaldi Sim & Bakus, 1986) Sim, C.J.; Bakus, G.J. (1986). Marine Sponges of Santa Catalina Island, California. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 5: 1-23.
page(s): 14-15 [details]
page(s): 14-15 [details]
Other
additional source
Anonymous. (2017). National List of Species of Korea - Invertebrates I. Porifera, Cnidaria, Bryozoa, Sipuncula, Gastrotricha, Echinodermata. i-xiv, 1-215.
page(s): 27 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Turner, T.L., Morrow, C., Picton, B., Goodwin, C. & Thacker, R.W. (2025). A Common Garden of <i>Halichondria</i> Sponges: Taxonomic Revision of Northeast Pacific Halichondriidae Reveals Many Cryptic Introduced Species. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 4(1): 1-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.18061/bssb.5811
page(s): 45-46 [details]
page(s): 27 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Turner, T.L., Morrow, C., Picton, B., Goodwin, C. & Thacker, R.W. (2025). A Common Garden of <i>Halichondria</i> Sponges: Taxonomic Revision of Northeast Pacific Halichondriidae Reveals Many Cryptic Introduced Species. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 4(1): 1-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.18061/bssb.5811
page(s): 45-46 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Oxeostilon fernaldi Sim & Bakus, 1986) USNM 33629, geounit Southern California Bight [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Oxeostilon fernaldi Sim & Bakus, 1986)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 33629) (from synonym Oxeostilon fernaldi Sim & Bakus, 1986)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 33629) (from synonym Oxeostilon fernaldi Sim & Bakus, 1986)
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