World Porifera Database - Species - Spiroxya Topsent, 1896

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Spiroxya Topsent, 1896

AphiaID

132061 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132061)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Spiroxya heteroclita Topsent, 1896 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Clionaidae d'Orbigny, 1851

Original name

Spiroxya Topsent, 1896

Direct children (10)

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Species Spiroxya abyssorum (Carter, 1874)
Species Spiroxya acus (Bavestrello, Calcinai & Sarà, 1995)
Species Spiroxya acustella (Annandale, 1915)
Species Spiroxya corallophila (Calcinai, Cerrano & Bavestrello, 2002)
Species Spiroxya heteroclita Topsent, 1896
Species Spiroxya levispira (Topsent, 1898)
Species Spiroxya macroxeata (Calcinai, Bavestrello, Cerrano & Sarà, 2001)
Species Spiroxya pruvoti (Topsent, 1900)
Species Spiroxya sarai (Melone, 1965)
Species Spiroxya spiralis (Johnson, 1899)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Topsent, E. (1896). Matériaux pour servir à l'étude de la faune des spongiaires de France. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France. (9):113-133.
page(s): 121 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Spiroxya Topsent, 1896. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132061 on 2025-05-24

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Spiroxya Topsent, 1896. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132061 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2005-08-01 12:12:31Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2005-12-06 19:16:26Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2011-01-11 19:08:16Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2011-04-12 15:29:35Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2018-07-17 11:45:16Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2020-12-16 10:32:25Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Topsent, E. (1896). Matériaux pour servir à l'étude de la faune des spongiaires de France. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France. (9):113-133.
page(s): 121 [details]

basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Alectonidae Rosell, 1996. Pp. 281-290. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors

basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Alectonidae Rosell, 1996. Pp. 281-290. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spiroxya)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Spiroxya species; MNHN)

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