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Ectyoplasia vannus Hooper, 1991

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
Ectyoplasia vannus Hooper, 1991
Name authority
Hooper, 1991
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Axinellida
Family
Raspailiidae
Genus
Ectyoplasia
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. subclassHeteroscleromorpha Cárdenas, Pérez & Boury-Esnault, 2012
  6. orderAxinellida Lévi, 1953
  7. familyRaspailiidae Nardo, 1833
  8. subfamilyRaspailiinae Nardo, 1833
  9. genusEctyoplasia Topsent, 1931
  10. speciesEctyoplasia vannus Hooper, 1991

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 47 records assigned to Raspailiidae.

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. Hooper, J. N. A. (1991). Revision of the family Raspailiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 5 (6): 1179–1418. https://doi.org/10.1071/it9911179 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:38RWD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.