WoRMS taxon details
Lefroyella Thomson, 1877
171715 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171715)
accepted
Genus
Lefroyella decora Thomson, 1877 (type by monotypy)
Syringidium Schmidt, 1880 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Lefroyella ceramensis Ijima, 1927
- Species Lefroyella decora Thomson, 1877
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Thomson, C.W. (1878). The voyage of the "Challenger." The Atlantic; a preliminary account of the general results of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876, Volume 1 xx+391 pp. (Harper & Borthers: New York). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11731956 [details] 
Thomson, C.W. (1877). The voyage of the "Challenger." The Atlantic; a preliminary account of the general results of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876, Volume 1 xxix+424 pp. (Macmillan and Co.: London). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11731289
page(s): 403 [details]
Thomson, C.W. (1877). The voyage of the "Challenger." The Atlantic; a preliminary account of the general results of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876, Volume 1 xxix+424 pp. (Macmillan and Co.: London). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11731289
page(s): 403 [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. Lefroyella Thomson, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171715 on 2026-01-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Thomson, C.W. (1878). The voyage of the "Challenger." The Atlantic; a preliminary account of the general results of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876, Volume 1 xx+391 pp. (Harper & Borthers: New York). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11731956 [details]
original description Thomson, C.W. (1877). The voyage of the "Challenger." The Atlantic; a preliminary account of the general results of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876, Volume 1 xxix+424 pp. (Macmillan and Co.: London). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11731289
page(s): 403 [details]
original description (of Syringidium Schmidt, 1880) Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. <i>In</i>: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena). [details]
basis of record Reiswig, H.M.; Wheeler, B. (2002 [2004]). Family Euretidae Zittel, 1877. pp 1301-1331. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY. 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Reiswig, H.M.; Wheeler, B. (2002). Family Euretidae Zittel, 1877. pp 1301-1331. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 301-302 [details]
original description Thomson, C.W. (1877). The voyage of the "Challenger." The Atlantic; a preliminary account of the general results of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876, Volume 1 xxix+424 pp. (Macmillan and Co.: London). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11731289
page(s): 403 [details]
original description (of Syringidium Schmidt, 1880) Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. <i>In</i>: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena). [details]
basis of record Reiswig, H.M.; Wheeler, B. (2002 [2004]). Family Euretidae Zittel, 1877. pp 1301-1331. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY. 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Reiswig, H.M.; Wheeler, B. (2002). Family Euretidae Zittel, 1877. pp 1301-1331. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 301-302 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Dohrmann, M.; Reiswig, H.M.; Kelly, M.; Mills, S.; Schätzle, S.; Reverter, M.; Niesse, N.; Rohde, S.; Schupp, P.; Wörheide, G. (2023). Expanded sampling of New Zealand glass sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida) provides new insights into biodiversity, chemodiversity, and phylogeny of the class. <em>PeerJ.</em> 11: e15017., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/15017/
page(s): 23; note: Removal from Euretidae and classification as incertae sedis. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 23; note: Removal from Euretidae and classification as incertae sedis. [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Ijima, I. (1927). The Hexactinellida of the Siboga Expedition. Pp. i-viii, 1-383, pls I-XXVI. <em>in: 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. Tydemann. 106 (Monographie VI) (E.J. Brill, Leiden).</em>
page(s): 210 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Marchiò, A.; Jamieson, A.J.; Stewart, H.A. (2025). Through the glass ceiling: extending the depth range of glass sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 172(6)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-025-04652-1 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 210 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Marchiò, A.; Jamieson, A.J.; Stewart, H.A. (2025). Through the glass ceiling: extending the depth range of glass sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 172(6)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-025-04652-1 [details] Available for editors
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