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Darwinella tango (Poiner & Taylor, 1990)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Darwinella tango (Poiner & Taylor, 1990)
Name authority
(Poiner & Taylor, 1990)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Dendroceratida
Family
Darwinellidae
Genus
Darwinella
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumPorifera Grant, 1836
  4. classDemospongiae Sollas, 1885
  5. subclassKeratosa Grant, 1861
  6. orderDendroceratida Minchin, 1900
  7. familyDarwinellidae Merejkowsky, 1879
  8. genusDarwinella Müller, 1865
  9. speciesDarwinella tango (Poiner & Taylor, 1990)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Darwinella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Darwinella dalmatica Topsent, 1905DarwinellidaePoriferaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Darwinella duplex Topsent, 1905DarwinellidaePoriferaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Darwinella intermedia Topsent, 1893DarwinellidaePoriferaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Darwinella muelleri (Schultze, 1865)DarwinellidaePoriferaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Darwinella rosacea Hechtel, 1965DarwinellidaePoriferaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Darwinella simplex Topsent, 1892DarwinellidaePoriferaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Darwinella viscosa Boury-Esnault, 1971DarwinellidaePoriferaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 16 records assigned to Darwinellidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Aplysilla tango Poiner & Taylor, 1990 Poiner & Taylor, 1990synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164873 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:34698. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.