Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida > Subclass Hexasterophora > Order Hexasterophora incertae sedis > Family Dactylocalycidae > Genus Dactylocalyx

Dactylocalyx pumiceus Stutchbury, 1841

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dactylocalyx*	Stutchbury, 1841	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Dactylocalyx patella*	Schulze, 1886	synonym
*Dactylocalyx potatorum*	Schmidt, 1880	synonym

Literature

original description	Stutchbury, S. 1841. Description of a new sponge from Barbados. Proceedings of the Royal Society. (B) 9: 86-87.
basis of record	Reiswig, H.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Dactylocalycidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1293-1300. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY. 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
basis of record	Reiswig, H.M. (2002). Family Dactylocalycidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1293-1300. In Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
additional source	Mothes de Moraes, B. (1977). Ocorrência de Dactylocalyx pumiceus Stutchbury, 1841, no litoral do Rio Grande do Sul (Porifera-Hexactinellida). Iheringia (Série Zoologia). 50: 41-49.
additional source	Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. Museu Nacional, Série Livros. 300 pp.
additional source	Díaz, M.C.; Nuttall, M.; Pomponi, S.A.; Rützler, K.; Klontz, S.; Adams, C.; Hickerson, E.L.; Schmahl, G.P. (2023). An annotated and illustrated identification guide to common mesophotic reef sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hexactinellida, and Homoscleromorpha) inhabiting Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and vicinities. ZooKeys. 1161: 1-68.
additional source	Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. In: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena).
additional source	Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313.
additional source	Mothes, B.; Lerner, C.B.; Silva, C.M.M. (2003). Guia Ilustrado - Esponjas Marinhas - Costa Sul-Brasileira. 1st Ed. USEB, Pelotas, 83 pp.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M.; Meesters, E.H.; Becking, L.E. (2014). Deep-water sponges (Porifera) from Bonaire and Klein Curaçao, Southern Caribbean. Zootaxa. 3878(5): 401-443.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stentoft, N. (1988). Barbados Deep-Water Sponges. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 122. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao andother Caribbean Islands. 70(215): 1-175.
additional source	Muricy, G.; Santos, C.P.; Batista, D.; Lopes, D.A.; Pagnoncelli, D.; Monteiro, L.C.; Oliveira, M.V.; Moreira, M.C.F.; Carvalho, M. de S.; Melão, M.; Klautau, M.; Rodriguez, P.R.D.; Costa, R.N.; Silvano, R.G.; Schwientek, S.; Ribeiro, S.M.; Pinheiro, U.S.; Hajdu, E. (2006). Filo Porifera. pp. 109–145 In: Lavrado, H.P. & Ignacio, B.L. (Eds.), Biodiversidade bentônica da região central da Zona Econômica Exclusiva brasileira. Série Livros 18, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro.
additional source	Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104.
redescription	Reiswig, H.M. (2002). Family Dactylocalycidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1293-1300. In Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
redescription	Reiswig, H.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Dactylocalycidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1293-1300. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY. 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
redescription	Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E.; Reiswig, H.M. (2005). Redescription of two Hexactinosida (Porifera, Hexactinellida) from the Southwestern Atlantic, collected by Programme REVIZEE. Zootaxa. 1066: 43–56.
biology source	Reiswig, H.M. (1991). New Perspectives on the Hexactinellid Genus Dactylocalyx Stutchbury. Pp. 7-20. In: Reitner, J. & Keupp H. (Eds), Fossil and Recent Sponges. (Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg & New York): i-xviii, 1-595.

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. Dactylocalyx pumiceus Stutchbury, 1841. 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:171652