WoRMS taxon details
Topsentia pseudoporrecta Diaz, van Soest & Pomponi, 1993
165960 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165960)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Díaz, M.C.; Pomponi, S.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1993). A systematic revision of the central West Atlantic Halichondrida (Demospongiae, Porifera). Part III: Description of valid species. <i>In</i>: Uriz, M.-J. & Rützler, K. (Eds), Recent Advances in Ecology and Systematics of Sponges. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 57 (4): 283-306. [details] 
Holotype ZMA Por. 05410, geounit Eastern Caribbean
Holotype ZMA Por. 05410, geounit Eastern Caribbean [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 pseudoporrecta Diaz, van Soest & Pomponi, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165960 on 2026-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Díaz, M.C.; Pomponi, S.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1993). A systematic revision of the central West Atlantic Halichondrida (Demospongiae, Porifera). Part III: Description of valid species. <i>In</i>: Uriz, M.-J. & Rützler, K. (Eds), Recent Advances in Ecology and Systematics of Sponges. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 57 (4): 283-306. [details]
new combination reference Díaz, J. A.; De la Torriente, A.; Zumberge, J. A.; Ríos, P.; Serrano, A.; Cristobo, J.; Taboada, S.; Gracia-Sancha, C.; Riesgo, A.; Love, G. D.; Massutí, E.; Cárdenas, P. (2025). Vilesida, a new order of demosponges revealed by molecular phylogeny and abundant 24-isopropylcholesterols (24-ipc sterols). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 205(3)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf163
page(s): 18; note: Proposal to move this species to the genus Viles. [details]
new combination reference Díaz, J. A.; De la Torriente, A.; Zumberge, J. A.; Ríos, P.; Serrano, A.; Cristobo, J.; Taboada, S.; Gracia-Sancha, C.; Riesgo, A.; Love, G. D.; Massutí, E.; Cárdenas, P. (2025). Vilesida, a new order of demosponges revealed by molecular phylogeny and abundant 24-isopropylcholesterols (24-ipc sterols). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 205(3)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf163
page(s): 18; note: Proposal to move this species to the genus Viles. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMA Por. 05410, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Unreviewed
Holotype ZMA Por. 5410 [details]
