Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Keratosa > Order Dictyoceratida > Family Irciniidae

Ircinia Nardo, 1833

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Filifera*	Lieberkühn, 1859	synonym
*Hircinia*	Nardo, 1834	synonym

Children

Ircinia chevreuxi (Topsent, 1894)
Ircinia collectrix (Poléjaeff, 1884)
Ircinia condensa (Topsent, 1894)
Ircinia dendroides (Schmidt, 1862)
Ircinia digitata (Topsent, 1894)
Ircinia oros (Schmidt, 1864)
Ircinia paucifilamentosa Vacelet, 1961
Ircinia polejaeffi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Ircinia procumbens (Poléjaeff, 1884)
Ircinia retidermata Pulitzer-Finali & Pronzato, 1981
Ircinia stipitata (Topsent, 1894)
Ircinia strobilina (Lamarck, 1816)
Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862)
Ircinia vestibulata (Szymanski, 1904)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: センイカイメン属

Literature

original description	Nardo, G.D. (1833). Auszug aus einem neuen System der Spongiarien,wonach bereits die Aufstellung in der Universitäts-Sammlung zu Padua gemacht ist. Pp. 519-523. In: Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung Coll. (Oken: Jena).
basis of record	Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Irciniidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1022-1027. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
basis of record	Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002). Family Irciniidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1022-1027. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
additional source	Garrone, R.; Vacelet, J.; Pavans de Ceccatty, M; Junqua, S.; Robert , L..; Huc, A. (1973). Une formation de collagène particulière: les filaments des éponges cornées Ircinia. Etude ultrastructurale, physico-chimique & biochimique. Journal de Microscopie. 17: 241-260.
additional source	Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation. 3: 1-217.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103.
additional source	Bergquist, P.R. (1980). A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (class Demospongiae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 7 (4): 443-503.
additional source	Vacelet, J. (1959). Répartition générale des éponges et systématique des éponges cornées de la région de Marseille et de quelques stations méditerranéennes. Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume. 16 (26): 39-101, pls 1-3.
additional source	Fol, H. (1890). On the Anatomy of Horny Sponges belonging to the Genus Hircinia, and on a new Genus. The Annals and Magazine of natural History, 6: 172-174.
additional source	Pronzato, R.; Malva, R.; Manconi, R. (2004). The taxonomic status of Ircinia fasciculata, Ircinia felix, and Ircinia variabilis (Dictyoceratida, Irciinidae). In: Pansini M, Pronzato R, Bavestrello G, Manconi R, Sarà M (eds) Sponge Science in the New Millenium. Papers contributed to the VI International Sponge Conference Rapallo (Italy) 29 September – 5 October 2002. Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici della Univertità di Genova. 68: 553-563.

Genbank

Citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Ircinia Nardo, 1833. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131751