MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Alectona Carter, 1879

WoRMS taxon details

Alectona Carter, 1879

AphiaID

132025 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132025)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Alectona millari Carter, 1879 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Thoosidae Cockerell, 1925

Original name

Alectona Carter, 1879

Synonymised names

Nisella Johnson, 1899 · unaccepted (preoccupied and junior synonym)

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Species Alectona jamaicensis Pang, 1973
Species Alectona mesatlantica Vacelet, 1999
Species Alectona microspiculata Bavestrello, Calcinai, Cerrano & Sarà, 1998
Species Alectona millari Carter, 1879
Species Alectona primitiva Topsent, 1932
Species Alectona ricardi Calcinai & Bertolino, 2025
Species Alectona sarai Calcinai, Cerrano, Iwasaki & Bavestrello, 2008
Species Alectona sorrentini Bavestrello, Calcinai, Cerrano & Sarà, 1998
Species Alectona triradiata Lévi & Lévi, 1983
Species Alectona verticillata (Johnson, 1899)
Species Alectona wallichii (Carter, 1874)
Species Alectona higgini Carter, 1880 accepted as Delectona higgini (Carter, 1880)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Carter, H.J. (1879). On a New Species of Excavating Sponge (Alectona millari); and on a New Species of Rhaphidotheca (R. affinis). Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. 2: 493-499, plsXVII-XVIIa. [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. Alectona Carter, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132025 on 2025-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2005-07-26 12:02:34Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2005-12-06 19:16:26Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2006-10-06 14:20:30Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2011-01-11 19:08:16Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2011-04-09 13:38:14Z

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Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2020-12-11 14:28:33Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description Carter, H.J. (1879). On a New Species of Excavating Sponge (Alectona millari); and on a New Species of Rhaphidotheca (R. affinis). Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. 2: 493-499, plsXVII-XVIIa. [details]

original description (of Nisella Johnson, 1899) Johnson, J.Y. (1899). Notes on some Sponges belonging to the Clionidae obtained at Madeira. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 1899. 461-463, pl. VI. [details]

basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Alectonidae Rosell, 1996. Pp. 281-290. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Alectonidae Rosell, 1996. Pp. 281-290. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomy

status source Rosell, D.; Uriz, M.J. (1997). Phylogenetic Relationships within the Excavating Hadromerida (Porifera), with a Systematic Revision. Cladistics. 13 (4): 349-366. [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Borchiellini,C., Alivon,E. & Vacelet, J. 2004. The systematic position of Alectona (Porifera, Demospongiae): a tetractinellid sponge.Boll. Mus. Ist. Biol. Univ. Genova, 68: 209-217 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Cárdenas, P.; Xavier, J.R.; Reveillaud, J.; Schander, C.; Rapp, H.T. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiaep) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. PLoS ONE. 6 (4), e18318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018318 [details]

additional source Vacelet, J. (1999). Planktonic armoured propagules of the excavating sponge Alectona (Porifera: Demospongiae) are larvae: evidence from Alectona wallichii and A. mesatlantica sp. nov. In: Hooper JNA (ed) Origin and Outlook. Proceedings of the 5th International Sponge Symposium 1998. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 44, 627-642. [details] Available for editors

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additional source 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]

additional source Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg). Pp. 1-95, 15 pls. [details] Available for editors

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