MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Dunstervillia Bowerbank, 1845

Porifera name details

Dunstervillia Bowerbank, 1845

AphiaID

131716 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131716)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Sycon Risso, 1827

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Dunstervillia elegans Bowerbank, 1845 accepted as Sycon elegans (Bowerbank, 1845) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Sycettidae Dendy, 1893 accepted as Syconidae Poléjaeff, 1883

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Species Dunstervillia corcyrensis Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Sycon humboldti Risso, 1827 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Dunstervillia elegans Bowerbank, 1845 accepted as Sycon elegans (Bowerbank, 1845) (genus transfer)
Species Dunstervillia formosa Haeckel, 1870 accepted as Sycon formosum (Haeckel, 1870) (genus transfer)
Species Dunstervillia lanzarotae Haeckel, 1870 accepted as Sycon elegans (Bowerbank, 1845) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Dunstervillia schmidti Haeckel, 1870 accepted as Sycon humboldti Risso, 1827 (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Bowerbank, J.S. (1845). Description of a new genus of Calcareous Sponge. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 15 (99): 297-300 ,pl. XVII.
page(s): 297 [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. Dunstervillia Bowerbank, 1845. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131716 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2010-01-24 19:00:31Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (2)

original description Bowerbank, J.S. (1845). Description of a new genus of Calcareous Sponge. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 15 (99): 297-300 ,pl. XVII.
page(s): 297 [details]

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]