World Porifera Database - Species - Racekiela pictouensis (Potts, 1885)

Porifera taxon details

Racekiela pictouensis (Potts, 1885)

AphiaID

366241 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:366241)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Racekiela Bass & Volkmer-Ribeiro, 1998

Original name

Heteromeyenia pictouensis Potts, 1885

Synonymised names

Anheteromeyenia pictouensis (Potts, 1885) · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Heteromeyenia pictouensis Potts, 1885 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Potts, E. (1885). A new freshwater sponge from Nova-Scotia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1885: 28-29. [details]

(of Anheteromeyenia pictouensis (Potts, 1885)) Potts, E. (1885). A new freshwater sponge from Nova-Scotia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1885: 28-29. [details]

(of Heteromeyenia pictouensis Potts, 1885) Potts, E. (1885). A new freshwater sponge from Nova-Scotia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1885: 28-29. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Nova Scotia

type locality contained in Nova Scotia [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. Racekiela pictouensis (Potts, 1885). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=366241 on 2026-07-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-08-07 16:35:07Z

created

Manconi, Renata

2010-06-16 08:35:04Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2013-02-22 10:45:40Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Potts, E. (1885). A new freshwater sponge from Nova-Scotia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1885: 28-29. [details]

original description (of Anheteromeyenia pictouensis (Potts, 1885)) Potts, E. (1885). A new freshwater sponge from Nova-Scotia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1885: 28-29. [details]

original description (of Heteromeyenia pictouensis Potts, 1885) Potts, E. (1885). A new freshwater sponge from Nova-Scotia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1885: 28-29. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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