WoRMS name details
Habrodictyon Thomson, 1868
367787 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367787)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Genus
Alcyoncellum speciosum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Corbitella speciosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (type by original designation)
- Species Habrodictyon speciosum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Corbitella speciosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (genus name is junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
neuter
Thomson, C.W. (1868). On the 'Vitreous' Sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of natural History.</em> (4) 1(2): 114-132, pl. IV. [details] 
Taxonomy Schulze (1887) made an unjustified emendation of this name as Habrodictyum with the same type species.
Taxonomy Schulze (1887) made an unjustified emendation of this name as Habrodictyum with the same type species. [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. Habrodictyon Thomson, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367787 on 2026-05-04
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Nomenclature
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Thomson, C.W. (1868). On the 'Vitreous' Sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of natural History.</em> (4) 1(2): 114-132, pl. IV. [details]
basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002). Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). 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_146 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (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 Tabachnick, K.R. (2002). Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). 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_146 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Schulze (1887) made an unjustified emendation of this name as Habrodictyum with the same type species. [details]
