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Porifera taxon details

Spiroxya spiralis (Johnson, 1899)

233899 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:233899)

accepted
Species
Cliona spiralis (Johnson, 1899) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Scantiletta spiralis (Johnson, 1899) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Scantilla spiralis Johnson, 1899 · unaccepted (genus name preoccupied for insecta)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scantilla spiralis Johnson, 1899) Johnson, J.Y. (1899). Notes on some Sponges belonging to the Clionidae obtained at Madeira. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 1899.</em> 461-463, pl. VI., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1899.tb00164.x
page(s): 462 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Azores Canaries Madeira  
type locality contained in Azores Canaries Madeira [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Spiroxya spiralis (Johnson, 1899). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=233899 on 2026-07-11
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original description (of Scantilla spiralis Johnson, 1899) Johnson, J.Y. (1899). Notes on some Sponges belonging to the Clionidae obtained at Madeira. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 1899.</em> 461-463, pl. VI., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1899.tb00164.x
page(s): 462 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record 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): 26-27 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Scantiletta spiralis (Johnson, 1899)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A comparison of the shallow-water sponges near the Pacific end of the Panama Canal with those at the Caribbean end. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 83 (2993): 441-466., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.83-2993.441 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Cliona spiralis (Johnson, 1899)) Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen).</em> 4: 111-147.
page(s): 142 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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