World Porifera Database - Species - Dysidea implexa (Ridley, 1884)

Porifera taxon details

Dysidea implexa (Ridley, 1884)

AphiaID

164949 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164949)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Dysidea Johnston, 1842

Original name

Stelospongus implexus Ridley, 1884

Synonymised names

Halme tingens Lendenfeld, 1886 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Hippospongia tingens Lendenfeld, 1886 · unaccepted

Spongelia fragilis var. implexa (Ridley, 1884) · unaccepted

Stelospongus implexus Ridley, 1884 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Stelospongus implexus Ridley, 1884) Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London). 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 384 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef

type locality contained in Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. Dysidea implexa (Ridley, 1884). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=164949 on 2026-07-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2010-04-27 17:36:25Z

checked

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Halme tingens Lendenfeld, 1886) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1886 [1885]). Studies on sponges. I.The vestibule of Dendrilla cavernosa. II. Raphyrus hixonii. III. Halme tingens. IV. Two Cases of Mimicry in Sponges. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 10 (4): 557-574, pls 39-44.
page(s): 568 [details]

original description (of Stelospongus implexus Ridley, 1884) Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London). 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 384 [details]

basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. In: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist
page(s): 193 [details]

basis of record (of Spongelia fragilis var. implexa (Ridley, 1884)) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 666 [details]

source of synonymy (of Hippospongia tingens Lendenfeld, 1886) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 298-299 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Halme tingens Lendenfeld, 1886)