World Porifera Database - Species - Semisuberites Carter, 1877

Porifera taxon details

Semisuberites Carter, 1877

Semisuberites cribrosa

AphiaID

168378 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168378)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Semisuberites arctica Carter, 1877 accepted as Semisuberites cribrosa (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Halichondriidae Gray, 1867

Original name

Semisuberites Carter, 1877

Synonymised names

Siphonocalypta Burton, 1931 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Stylaxia Topsent, 1913 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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Species Semisuberites cribrosa (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870)
Species Semisuberites arctica Carter, 1877 accepted as Semisuberites cribrosa (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870) (junior synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Carter, H.J. (1877). Arctic and Antarctic Sponges &c. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 20(115): 38-42, pl. I.
page(s): 38 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Turner et al. (2025: 44-46) sequenced a specimen of the type species S. cribrosa and this resulted in the transfer of the...

Taxonomy Turner et al. (2025: 44-46) sequenced a specimen of the type species S. cribrosa and this resulted in the transfer of the genus and species from Esperiopsidae (cf. Van Soest & Hajdu, 2002) to Halichondriidae, in a clade of mostly Hymeniacidon species. [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Semisuberites Carter, 1877. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=168378 on 2026-08-20

Taxonomic edit history

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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2020-02-25 13:56:07Z

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Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2025-11-22 13:22:53Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Carter, H.J. (1877). Arctic and Antarctic Sponges &c. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 20(115): 38-42, pl. I.
page(s): 38 [details]

original description (of Siphonocalypta Burton, 1931) Burton, M. (1931). Studies on Norwegian Sponges II. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Forhanlinger. 4 (39): 140-143. [details]

original description (of Stylaxia Topsent, 1913) Topsent, E. (1913). Spongiaires provenant des campagnes scientifiques de la ‘Princesse Alice' dans les Mers du Nord (1898-1899 - 1906-1907). Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I de Monaco. 45: 1-67, pls I-V.
page(s): 52-53 [details]

taxonomy source Turner, T.L., Morrow, C., Picton, B., Goodwin, C. & Thacker, R.W. (2025). A Common Garden of Halichondria Sponges: Taxonomic Revision of Northeast Pacific Halichondriidae Reveals Many Cryptic Introduced Species. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 4(1): 1-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.18061/bssb.5811 [details]

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 656-664. 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 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002). Family Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 656-664. 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 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)'. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_71 [details]

basis of record (of Stylaxia Topsent, 1913) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 656-664. 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 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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basis of record (of Stylaxia Topsent, 1913) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002). Family Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 656-664. 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 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)'. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_71 [details]

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Grammatical gender Genus names ending in -ites would normally be masculine, but the type species Semisuberites arctica indicates that Carter intended the genus name to be feminine (ICZN Art. 30.1.4.4). [details]