MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Phycopsis Carter, 1883

Porifera taxon details

Phycopsis Carter, 1883

AphiaID

165598 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165598)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Phycopsis hirsuta Carter, 1883 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Axinellidae Carter, 1875

Original name

Phycopsis Carter, 1883

Synonymised names

Ketosus de Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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Species Phycopsis epakros (Hooper & Lévi, 1993)
Species Phycopsis fruticulosa Carter, 1883
Species Phycopsis fusiformis (Lévi, 1967)
Species Phycopsis hirsuta Carter, 1883
Species Phycopsis papillata (Hooper & Lévi, 1993)
Species Phycopsis pesgalli Alvarez, de Voogd & van Soest, 2016
Species Phycopsis setosa (Bowerbank, 1873)
Species Phycopsis styloxeata Lage, Carvalho & Menegola, 2013
Species Phycopsis aculeata (Wilson, 1925) accepted as Axinyssa aculeata Wilson, 1925
Species Phycopsis hispidula (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Amphimedon hispidula (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
Species Phycopsis terpnis de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Axinyssa terpnis (de Laubenfels, 1954) (genus transfer)
Species Phycopsis valida Thiele, 1899 accepted as Axinyssa valida (Thiele, 1899) (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Carter, H.J. (1883). Contributions to our Knowledge of the Spongida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5) 12 (71): 308-329, pls XI-XIV.
page(s): 319 [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. Phycopsis Carter, 1883. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=165598 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

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2007-08-12 18:23:56Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2020-12-16 10:32:25Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Carter, H.J. (1883). Contributions to our Knowledge of the Spongida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5) 12 (71): 308-329, pls XI-XIV.
page(s): 319 [details]

original description (of Ketosus de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication. 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 130 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Alvarez, B.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Axinellidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 724-747. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
page(s): 739-740 [details]

basis of record Alvarez, B.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Axinellidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 724-747. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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additional source Thomas, P.A. (1973). Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale. Sciences zoologiques. (203): 1-96, pls 1-8. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record (of Ketosus de Laubenfels, 1936) Alvarez, B.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Axinellidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 724-747. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]

basis of record (of Ketosus de Laubenfels, 1936) Alvarez, B.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Axinellidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 724-747. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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Japanese	カンジョウジクカイメン属	[details]

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