World Porifera Database - Species - Trikentrion Ehlers, 1870

Porifera taxon details

Trikentrion Ehlers, 1870

Trikentrion muricatum (Linnaeus, 1759)

AphiaID

167950 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167950)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Spongia muricata sensu Pallas, 1766 accepted as Trikentrion muricatum (Linnaeus, 1759) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Cyamoninae Hooper, 2002

Original name

Trikentrion Ehlers, 1870

Synonymised names

Plectronella Sollas, 1879 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Tricentrium Ridley, 1879 · unaccepted (unjustified emendation)

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Species Trikentrion africanum van Soest, Carballo & Hooper, 2012
Species Trikentrion flabelliforme Hentschel, 1912
Species Trikentrion helium Dickinson, 1945
Species Trikentrion laeve Carter, 1879
Species Trikentrion muricatum (Linnaeus, 1759)
Species Trikentrion catalina (Sim & Bakus, 1986) accepted as Trikentrion helium Dickinson, 1945 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Trikentrion flabelliforme Carter, 1882 accepted as Trikentrion flabelliforme Hentschel, 1912 (the combination does not exist, error of Hooper, 1991)
Species Trikentrion wickersi accepted as Cyamon agnani (Boury-Esnault, 1973) (genus transfer and misspelling of misapplied species name)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

neuter

Original description

Ehlers, E. (1870). Die Esper'schen Spongien in der zoologischen Sammlung der K. Universität Erlangen. (E.Th. Jacob: Erlangen): 1-36.
page(s): 6 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Ehlers (1870) erected Trikentrion for Spongia muricata sensu Esper (1794). It is here assumed that this conforms to Pallas'...

Taxonomy Ehlers (1870) erected Trikentrion for Spongia muricata sensu Esper (1794). It is here assumed that this conforms to Pallas' Spongia muricata. Type specimens for both records are probably lost.
This is not Spongia muricata Linnaeus, 1759, which is unrecognizable. According to Linnaeus (1767) it originated from the Indian Ocean ('Oceano Aethiopico'). [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. Trikentrion Ehlers, 1870. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167950 on 2026-02-16

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original description Ehlers, E. (1870). Die Esper'schen Spongien in der zoologischen Sammlung der K. Universität Erlangen. (E.Th. Jacob: Erlangen): 1-36.
page(s): 6 [details]

original description (of Plectronella Sollas, 1879) Sollas, W.J. (1879). On Plectronella papillosa, a new Genus and Species of Echinonematous Sponge. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5)3(13): 17-27, pls IV-VII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937908682472 [details]

original description (of Tricentrium Ridley, 1879) Ridley, S.O. (1879). Spongia. Zoological Record. 16: 5. [details]

basis of record Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Raspailiidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 469–510. In: 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 Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Raspailiidae Hentschel, 1923. pp. 469-510. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. 1. (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_53 [details]

additional source Van Soest, R.; Carballo, J.L.; Hooper, J. (2012). Polyaxone monaxonids: revision of raspailiid sponges with polyactine megascleres (Cyamon and Trikentrion). ZooKeys. 239: 1-70., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.239.3734 [details]

basis of record (of Plectronella Sollas, 1879) Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Raspailiidae Hentschel, 1923. pp. 469-510. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. 1. (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_53 [details]

basis of record (of Plectronella Sollas, 1879) Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Raspailiidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 469–510. In: 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 Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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additional source (of Plectronella Sollas, 1879) Van Soest, R.; Carballo, J.L.; Hooper, J. (2012). Polyaxone monaxonids: revision of raspailiid sponges with polyactine megascleres (Cyamon and Trikentrion). ZooKeys. 239: 1-70., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.239.3734 [details]