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Fasciospongia pikei (Hyatt, 1877)

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
Fasciospongia pikei (Hyatt, 1877)
Name authority
(Hyatt, 1877)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Dictyoceratida
Family
Thorectidae
Genus
Fasciospongia
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. subclassKeratosa Grant, 1861
  6. orderDictyoceratida Minchin, 1900
  7. familyThorectidae Bergquist, 1978
  8. subfamilyThorectinae Bergquist, 1978
  9. genusFasciospongia Burton, 1934
  10. speciesFasciospongia pikei (Hyatt, 1877)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Fasciospongia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Fasciospongia friabilis (Hyatt, 1877)ThorectidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Fasciospongia rigida (Lendenfeld, 1889)ThorectidaePoriferaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Fasciospongia turgida (Lamarck, 1814)ThorectidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 5 records assigned to Thorectidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Euspongia pikei (Hyatt, 1877) (Hyatt, 1877)synonym
Stelospongos pikei Hyatt, 1877 Hyatt, 1877synonym
Spongia (Spongia) pikei (Hyatt, 1877) (Hyatt, 1877)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.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557282 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:3DVV7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.