World Porifera Database - Species - Oceanapia sessilis (Kirkpatrick, 1900)

Porifera taxon details

Oceanapia sessilis (Kirkpatrick, 1900)

AphiaID

166995 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166995)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Oceanapia Norman, 1869

Original name

Rhizochalina sessilis Kirkpatrick, 1900

Synonymised names

Rhizochalina sessilis Kirkpatrick, 1900 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Rhizochalina sessilis Kirkpatrick, 1900) Kirkpatrick, R. (1900). On the Sponges of Christmas Island. <em>Proceedings of the Zoolological Society of London.</em> 1900: 127-141, pls XII-XIII.
page(s): 138 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Cocos-Keeling/Christmas Island

type locality contained in Cocos-Keeling/Christmas Island [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. Oceanapia sessilis (Kirkpatrick, 1900). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=166995 on 2026-07-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2008-03-09 13:05:22Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Rhizochalina sessilis Kirkpatrick, 1900) Kirkpatrick, R. (1900). On the Sponges of Christmas Island. <em>Proceedings of the Zoolological Society of London.</em> 1900: 127-141, pls XII-XIII.
page(s): 138 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Rhizochalina sessilis Kirkpatrick, 1900)