Dragmacidon tuberosum Topsent, 1928
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
- Dragmacidon tuberosum Topsent, 1928
- Name authority
- Topsent, 1928
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Demospongiae
- Order
- Axinellida
- Family
- Axinellidae
- Genus
- Dragmacidon
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumPorifera Grant, 1836
- classDemospongiae Sollas, 1885
- subclassHeteroscleromorpha Cárdenas, Pérez & Boury-Esnault, 2012
- orderAxinellida Lévi, 1953
- familyAxinellidae Carter, 1875
- genusDragmacidon Hallmann, 1917
- speciesDragmacidon tuberosum Topsent, 1928
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dragmacidon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dragmacidon debitusae (Hooper & Lévi, 1993) | AxinellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dragmacidon egregium (Ridley, 1881) | AxinellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dragmacidon grayi (Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960) | AxinellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dragmacidon kishinense Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2013 | AxinellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dragmacidon mexicanum (de Laubenfels, 1935) | AxinellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dragmacidon ophisclera de Laubenfels, 1935 | AxinellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dragmacidon reticulatum (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) | AxinellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Axinella tuberosa (Topsent, 1928) (Topsent, 1928) | synonym |
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.
- Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l’Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. Résultats Des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies Par Le Prince Albert I. Monaco, 74:1–376, pls I–XI. 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:37L7T. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.