reversed glass sponge
Farrea occa 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
- Farrea occa Bowerbank, 1862
- Name authority
- Bowerbank, 1862
- Common name
- reversed glass sponge
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Hexactinellida
- Order
- Sceptrulophora
- Family
- Farreidae
- Genus
- Farrea
- 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
- classHexactinellida Schmidt, 1870
- subclassHexasterophora Schulze, 1886
- orderSceptrulophora Mehl, 1992
- familyFarreidae Gray, 1872
- genusFarrea Bowerbank, 1862
- speciesFarrea occa Bowerbank, 1862
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Farrea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Farrea ananchorata Reiswig & Kelly, 2011 | FarreidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Farrea bowerbanki Boury-Esnault, Vacelet & Chevaldonné, 2017 | FarreidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Farrea convolvulus Schulze, 1899 | FarreidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Farrea hanitschi Ijima, 1927 | FarreidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Farrea kurilensis Okada, 1932 | FarreidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Farrea medusiforma Reiswig & Kelly, 2011 | FarreidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Farrea mexicana Wilson, 1904 | FarreidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Farrea microclavula Tabachnick, 1988 | FarreidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Farrea omniclavata Reiswig, 2014 | FarreidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Farrea schulzei Reiswig, 2018 | FarreidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Farrea spirifera Ijima, 1927 | FarreidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Farrea woodwardi (Kent, 1870) | FarreidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Farrea haeckelii Schulze, 1887 Schulze, 1887 | 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:3DVG2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.