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Porifera taxon details
original description
(of Phoriospongia fibrosa Ridley, 1884) Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>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).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54. page(s): 439-441 [details]
basis of record
Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Myxillidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 602-620. <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, NY, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). page(s): 524 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Myxillidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 602-620. <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 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). page(s): 524 [details]
additional source
Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365. page(s): 268 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy This is a suspect Psammochela as the chelae are tridentate. Burton (1934) considered this species to be a senior synonym of Psammochela elegans, but this seems unlikely. [details]
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