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Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

166776  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166776)

accepted
Species
Fibularia ramosa Carter, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Gelliodes areolata (Wilson, 1902) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Gelliodes ramosa (Carter, 1882) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Haliclona areolata (Wilson, 1902) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Haliclona variabilis sensu de Laubenfels, 1950 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Niphates venosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pachychalina areolata Wilson, 1902 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 93; pl 21 fig 3 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Lectotype  ZMA 01633, geounit Eastern Caribbean  
Lectotype ZMA 01633, geounit Eastern Caribbean [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=166776 on 2024-04-19
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original description Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 93; pl 21 fig 3 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Haliclona variabilis sensu de Laubenfels, 1950) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1950). The porifera of the Bermuda archipelago. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 27(1): 1-154.
page(s): 42-45 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Niphates thomasiana Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 94; pl XXII fig 1 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Niphates venosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 94; pl XXI fig 2 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Fibularia ramosa Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
page(s): 283 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Pachychalina areolata Wilson, 1902) Wilson, H.V. (1902 [1900]). The sponges collected in Porto Rico in 1899 by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Fish Hawk. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> 2: 375-411.
page(s): 392;  [details]  OpenAccess publication 

context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Niphatidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 874-890. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Niphatidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 874-890. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]  Full text PDF 

additional source Rützler, K. (1986). Phylum Porifera (Sponges). Pp. 111-126. <em>in: W. Sterrer (ed.) Marine Fauna and Flora of Bermuda. John Wiley & Sons, New York.</em> i-xxx, 1-742.
page(s): 118 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Lehnert, H. (1993). Die Schwämme von Cozumel (Mexiko). Bestandsaufnahme, kritischer Vergleich taxonomischer Merkmale, und Beschreibung einer neuen Art (The sponges from Cozumel (Mexico). Inventory, critical comparison of taxonomic characters and description of a new species. <em>Acta Biolologica Benrodis.</em> 5: 35-127 (in German, with abstracts in German and English).
page(s): 44 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Rützler, K.; Díaz, M.C.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Zea, S.; Smith, K.P.; Alvarez, B.; Wulff, J. (2000). Diversity of sponge fauna in mangrove ponds, Pelican Cays, Belize. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 476: 230-248.
page(s): 237 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 19 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 105 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Hajdu, E.; Peixinho, S.; Fernandez, J.C.C. (2011). Esponjas Marinhas da Bahia - Guia de Campo e Laboratório. Série Livros 45. <em>Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro.</em> 276 pp. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Muricy, G.; Esteves, E.L.; Moraes, F.C.; Santos, J.P.; da Silva, S.M.; Klautau, M.; Lanna, E. (2008). Biodiversidade Marinha da Bacia Potiguar. <em>Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Série Livros.</em> 29: 1-156.
page(s): 92 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 86 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Moraes, F.C.; Ventura, M.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Muricy, G. (2006). Biodiversidade de esponjas das ilhas oceânicas brasileiras. pp. 147–178 <i>In</i>: Alves, R.J.V. & Castro, J.W.A. (Eds.), Ilhas Oceânicas Brasileiras – da pesquisa ao manejo. Ministério do Meio Ambiente, Secretaria de Biodiversidade e Florestas, Brasília.
page(s): 168 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Mothes, B.; Campos, M.A.; Lerner, C.B.; Silva, C.M.M. (2006). Esponjas (Porifera, Demospongiae) da plataforma continental ao largo do Estado do Amapá, Brasil. <em>Revista Brasileira de Zoologia,.</em> 23: 667-677.
page(s): 669 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4217: 1-225., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1
page(s): 33 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 10 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Cedro, V.R.; Hajdu, E.; Sovierzosky, H.H.; Correia, M.D. (2007). Demospongiae (Porifera) of the shallow coral reefs of Maceió, Alagoas State, Brazil. pp 233-237 <i>In</i>: Custódio MR, Lôbo-Hajdu G, Hajdu E, Muricy G (eds) Porifera Research. Biodiversity, Innovation and Sustainability. Livros de Museu Nacional 28, Rio de Janeiro,.
page(s): 236 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 92 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 161-162 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1980). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 104. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 62 (191): 1-173.
page(s): 35-37; fig 12 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. (1983). Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). <em>Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 9 (21): 189-205.
page(s): 200 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 96-97 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Zea, S. (1987). Esponjas del Caribe Colombiano. (Catálogo Cientifico: Bogotá, Colombia): 1-286.
page(s): 81-85; fig 21 [details]   

additional source Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 469 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 39-40 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Bettcher, L.; Fernandez, J.C.; Gastaldi, M.; Bispo, A.; Leal, C.V.; Leite, D.; Avelino-Alves, D.; Clerier, P.H.; Rezende, D.; Gulart, C.M.; Pinheiro, U.; Hajdu, E. (2023). Checklist, diversity descriptors and selected descriptions of a highly diverse intertidal sponge (Porifera) assemblage at Costa do Descobrimento (Bahia, Brazil). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5277(3): 443-489., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.3.2
page(s): 450 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Díaz, M.C.; Nuttall, M.; Pomponi, S.A.; Rützler, K.; Klontz, S.; Adams, C.; Hickerson, E.L.; Schmahl, G.P. (2023). An annotated and illustrated identification guide to common mesophotic reef sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hexactinellida, and Homoscleromorpha) inhabiting Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and vicinities. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1161: 1-68., available online at https://zoobank.org/4CE0D6C5-C304-4F74-8387-FCC71F8F8AC0 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Lizarazo, N.; Zea, S. (2024). Sponges in the continental shelf (73 – 210 m) of the southwestern area of Isla Fuerte and Alta Guajira, with the description of new records for the Colombian Caribbean. <em>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras.</em> 53(1): 87-116., available online at https://doi.org/10.25268/bimc.invemar.2024.53.1.1266
page(s): 93 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record  (of Haliclona variabilis sensu de Laubenfels, 1950) Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record  (of Niphates thomasiana Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. (1983). Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). <em>Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 9 (21): 189-205.
page(s): 200 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record  (of Gelliodes ramosa (Carter, 1882)) Alcolado, P.M. 1976. Lista de nuevos registros de Poriferos para Cuba.Serie Oceanológica. Instituto de Oceanologia. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba. Oceanologia (36): 1-11.
page(s): 4 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record  (of Niphates venosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. (1983). Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). <em>Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 9 (21): 189-205.
page(s): 200 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Fibularia ramosa Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1887). Report on the Marine Sponges, chiefly from King Island, in the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 21(127-128): 61-84, pls 5-7.
page(s): 71; note: Mispplication. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Fibularia ramosa Carter, 1882) Sutherland, J.P. (1980). Dynamics of the Epibenthic Community on Roots of the Mangrove <i>Rhizophora mangle</i>, at Bahia de Buche, Venezuela. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 58: 75-84.
page(s): 76 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Gelliodes areolata (Wilson, 1902)) Green, G. (1977). Sinopsis taxonómica de trece especies de esponjas del arrecife La Blanquilla, Ver., México. <em>Anales del Instituto Cienciasdel Mar y Limnologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.</em> 4(1): 79-98.
page(s): 89 [details]   

additional source  (of Haliclona variabilis sensu de Laubenfels, 1950) Díaz, H.; Bevilacqua, M.; Bone, D. (1985). Esponjas en manglares del Parque Nacional Morrocoy. <em>Fondo Editorial Acta Cientifica Venezolanos, Caracas.</em> Pp. 1-62.
page(s): 49 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

new combination reference  (of Gelliodes areolata (Wilson, 1902)) Hechtel, G.J. (1965). A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 20: 1-103.
page(s): 25-26; pl II fig 3 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

new combination reference  (of Haliclona areolata (Wilson, 1902)) Wells, H.W.; Wells, M.J.; Gray, I.E. (1960). Marine sponges of North Carolina. <em>Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.</em> 76 (2): 200-245.
page(s): 207 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Lectotype ZMA 01633, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
LanguageName 
English lavender rope sponge  [details]


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