Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Haplosclerida > Family Phloeodictyidae

Oceanapia Norman, 1869

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phloeodictyum*		orthographic variant
*Phloeodictyon*	Carter, 1882	synonym
*Rhizochalina*	Schmidt, 1870	synonym

Children

Oceanapia aerea (Topsent, 1904)
Oceanapia cancap de Weerdt & van Soest, 1986
Oceanapia constructa (Rützler, 1965)
Oceanapia coriacea (Topsent, 1904)
Oceanapia decipiens (Sarà, 1958)
Oceanapia elongata (Topsent, 1892)
Oceanapia fistulosa (Bowerbank, 1873)
Oceanapia isodictyiformis (Carter, 1882)
Oceanapia minor (Sarà, 1958)
Oceanapia nodulosa (Topsent, 1928)
Oceanapia perforata (Sarà, 1960)
Oceanapia reticulata (Topsent, 1904)
Oceanapia robusta (Bowerbank, 1866)
Oceanapia tuber (Lundbeck, 1902)
Oceanapia vacua (Sarà, 1961)

Literature

original description	Norman, A.M. (1869). Last report on dredging among the Shetland Isles. Part 2. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Porifera. In: Report of the thirty-eighth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; held in Norwich in August 1868. London 1869. pp. 247–336, (Amphipoda, pp. 273–288) (Porifera, pp. 327-335).
basis of record	Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882. Pp. 893-905. 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).
basis of record	Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882. Pp. 893-905. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
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	Thomas, P.A. (1973). Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale. Sciences zoologiques. (203): 1-96, pls 1-8.
additional source	Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 23-46.

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. Oceanapia Norman, 1869. 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:131852