Euryspongia semicanalis (Ridley, 1884)
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
- Euryspongia semicanalis (Ridley, 1884)
- Name authority
- (Ridley, 1884)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Demospongiae
- Order
- Dictyoceratida
- Family
- Dysideidae
- Genus
- Euryspongia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
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
- genusEuryspongia Row, 1911
- speciesEuryspongia semicanalis (Ridley, 1884)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Euryspongia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Euryspongia arenaria Bergquist, 1961 | DysideidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euryspongia heroni Pulitzer-Finali, 1982 | DysideidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Euryspongia lactea Row, 1911 | DysideidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Euryspongia lankesteri Lehnert & van Soest, 1999 | DysideidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Euryspongia phlogera de Laubenfels, 1954 | DysideidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Euryspongia raouchensis Vacelet, Bitar, Carteron, Zibrowius & Pérez, 2007 | DysideidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euryspongia regularis Lee & Sim, 2007 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Dysidea semicanalis Ridley, 1884 Ridley, 1884 | synonym |
| Spongelia semicanalis (Ridley, 1884) (Ridley, 1884) | 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=164986 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:3D6Q2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.