Dysidea spiculifera (Lendenfeld, 1888)
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
- Dysidea spiculifera (Lendenfeld, 1888)
- Name authority
- (Lendenfeld, 1888)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Demospongiae
- Order
- Dictyoceratida
- Family
- Dysideidae
- Genus
- Dysidea
- 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
- subclassKeratosa Grant, 1861
- orderDictyoceratida Minchin, 1900
- familyDysideidae Gray, 1867
- genusDysidea Johnston, 1842
- speciesDysidea spiculifera (Lendenfeld, 1888)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dysidea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dysidea cachui Carballo, Zubia & Ortega, 2006 | DysideidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysidea cana (Hyatt, 1877) | DysideidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysidea chalinoides (Burton, 1931) | DysideidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysidea chilensis (Thiele, 1905) | DysideidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dysidea cristagalli Bergquist, 1961 | DysideidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysidea digitata (Sollas, 1902) | DysideidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dysidea pallescens (Schmidt, 1862) | DysideidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysidea perfistulata Pulitzer-Finali & Pronzato, 1980 | DysideidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysidea ramoglomerata Carter, 1887 | DysideidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysidea ramsayi (Lendenfeld, 1888) | DysideidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dysidea reformensis Carballo, Zubia & Ortega, 2006 | DysideidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysidea septosa (Lamarck, 1814) | DysideidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Aplysina spiculifera Lendenfeld, 1888 Lendenfeld, 1888 | 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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164967 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:389FD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.