World Porifera Database - Species - Prostylissa Topsent, 1925

WoRMS name details

Prostylissa Topsent, 1925

AphiaID

178399 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178399)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Amorphinopsis Carter, 1887

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Prostylissa siamensis Topsent, 1925 accepted as Amorphinopsis siamensis (Topsent, 1925) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Halichondriidae Gray, 1867

Original name

Prostylissa Topsent, 1925

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Species Prostylissa arcotti Ali, 1956 accepted as Topsentia arcotti (Ali, 1956) (genus transfer)
Species Prostylissa fistulosa Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 accepted as Amorphinopsis fistulosa (Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976) (genus transfer)
Species Prostylissa foetida (Dendy, 1889) accepted as Amorphinopsis foetida (Dendy, 1889) (genus transfer)
Species Prostylissa oculata (Kieschnick, 1896) accepted as Amorphinopsis oculata (Kieschnick, 1896) accepted as Amorphinopsis fenestrata (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
Species Prostylissa radiata Lévi & Lévi, 1983 accepted as Axinyssa radiata (Lévi & Lévi, 1983) (genus transfer)
Species Prostylissa siamensis Topsent, 1925 accepted as Amorphinopsis siamensis (Topsent, 1925) (genus transfer)
Species Prostylissa spongia de Laubenfels, 1953 accepted as Aaptos pernucleata (Carter, 1870) (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Topsent, E. (1925). Axinyssa et Prostylyssa, Axinellides à hispidation brève. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 50: 208-211.
page(s): 208 [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. Prostylissa Topsent, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178399 on 2025-04-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-08-03 07:15:21Z

created

Aracina, Claudia

2006-01-03 18:48:18Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2006-01-31 18:52:00Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2007-08-25 14:21:13Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2020-04-28 07:21:56Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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Nomenclature

original description Topsent, E. (1925). Axinyssa et Prostylyssa, Axinellides à hispidation brève. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 50: 208-211.
page(s): 208 [details]

basis of record Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-816. In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002[2004]). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-815. In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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