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

Topsentia Berg, 1899

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anisoxya*	Topsent, 1898	synonym

Children

Topsentia fibrosa (Fristedt, 1887)
Topsentia garciae Bibiloni, 1993
Topsentia glabra (Topsent, 1898)
Topsentia levivaceletorum Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Topsentia pachastrelloides (Topsent, 1892)
Topsentia vaceleti Kefalas & Castritsi-Catharios, 2012

Literature

original description	Berg, C. (1899). Substitución de nombres genéricos. III. Communicaciones del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires. 1 (3): 77-80.
basis of record	Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002[2004]). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-815. In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
basis of record	Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-816. In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed 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.

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. Topsentia Berg, 1899. 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:131821