Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862
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
- Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862
- Name authority
- Bowerbank, 1862
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Demospongiae
- Order
- Tetractinellida
- Family
- Ancorinidae
- Genus
- Ecionemia
- 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
- orderTetractinellida Marshall, 1876
- suborderAstrophorina Sollas, 1887
- familyAncorinidae Schmidt, 1870
- genusEcionemia Bowerbank, 1862
- speciesEcionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ecionemia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ecionemia arabica (Lévi, 1958) | AncorinidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ecionemia australiensis (Carter, 1883) | AncorinidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ecionemia demera (de Laubenfels, 1934) | AncorinidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ecionemia agglutinans Thiele, 1899 Thiele, 1899 | synonym |
| Ecionemia amboinensis Lendenfeld, 1903 Lendenfeld, 1903 | synonym |
| Ecionemia bacillifera (Carter, 1887) (Carter, 1887) | synonym |
| Ecionemia carteri Dendy, 1905 Dendy, 1905 | synonym |
| Ecionemia cribrosa Thiele, 1900 Thiele, 1900 | synonym |
| Thalassomora nigra Lendenfeld, 1888 Lendenfeld, 1888 | synonym |
| Stelletta acervus (Bowerbank, 1862) (Bowerbank, 1862) | synonym |
| Ancorina bacillifera (Carter, 1887) (Carter, 1887) | synonym |
| Ecionema rotundum Sollas, 1888 Sollas, 1888 | synonym |
| Ancorina simplex Lendenfeld, 1897 Lendenfeld, 1897 | synonym |
| Ecionemia rotunda Sollas, 1888 Sollas, 1888 | synonym |
| Stelletta bacillifera Carter, 1887 Carter, 1887 | synonym |
| Stelletta lobata Kieschnick, 1896 Kieschnick, 1896 | synonym |
| Stelletta truncata Kieschnick, 1896 Kieschnick, 1896 | synonym |
| Ancorina acervus (Bowerbank, 1862) (Bowerbank, 1862) | 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.
- Bowerbank, J. S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 152. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1862.0044 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:38MX3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.