WoRMS taxon details
Darwinella Müller, 1865
131740 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131740)
accepted
Genus
Darwinella muelleri (Schultze, 1865) (type by monotypy)
Darwinia Schultze, 1865 · unaccepted (preoccupied)
- Species Darwinella australiensis Carter, 1885
- Species Darwinella corneostellata (Carter, 1872)
- Species Darwinella dalmatica Topsent, 1905
- Species Darwinella duplex Topsent, 1905
- Species Darwinella gardineri Topsent, 1905
- Species Darwinella intermedia Topsent, 1893
- Species Darwinella muelleri (Schultze, 1865)
- Species Darwinella oxeata Bergquist, 1961
- Species Darwinella pronzatoi Bertolino, Costa & Pansini, 2020
- Species Darwinella rosacea Hechtel, 1965
- Species Darwinella simplex Topsent, 1892
- Species Darwinella tango (Poiner & Taylor, 1990)
- Species Darwinella viscosa Boury-Esnault, 1971
- Species Darwinella warreni Topsent, 1905
- Species Darwinella aurea Müller, 1865 accepted as Darwinella muelleri (Schultze, 1865) (junior synonym)
- Species Darwinella aurea sensu Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Darwinella dalmatica Topsent, 1905 (misapplied species name)
- Species Darwinella joyeuxi Topsent, 1889 accepted as Igernella notabilis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Müller, F. (1865). Uber <i>Darwinella aurea</i>, einen Schwamm mit sternförmigen Hornnadeln. <em>Archiv für mikroskopische Anatomie und Entwicklungsmechanik.</em> 1: 344-353, pl. XXI. [details] 
Taxonomy According to the rules of the ICZN the type species of Darwinella must be the same as that of the genus Darwinia for which...
Taxonomy According to the rules of the ICZN the type species of Darwinella must be the same as that of the genus Darwinia for which Darwinella is a replacement name. Müller (1865) erects Darwinella aurea as type species, but this is not allowed. D. aurea Müller is also a junior syonym of D. muelleri. [details]
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. Darwinella Müller, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131740 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Müller, F. (1865). Uber <i>Darwinella aurea</i>, einen Schwamm mit sternförmigen Hornnadeln. <em>Archiv für mikroskopische Anatomie und Entwicklungsmechanik.</em> 1: 344-353, pl. XXI. [details]
original description (of Darwinia Schultze, 1865) Schultze, M.J.S. 1865. Über ein Exemplar von <i>Hyalonema Sieboldi</i> aus Japan und einem Schwamm mit Nadeln aus Hornsubstanz. Verhandlungen des naturhistorischen Vereins der preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 22(3): 6-7. [details]
basis of record Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. 2002. Family Darwinellidae Merejkowsky, 1879. Pp. 1068-1071. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) <i> Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges </i> (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. 2002 [2004]. Family Darwinellidae Merejkowsky, 1879. Pp. 1068-1071.<i> In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) <i>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</i> (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Darwinia Schultze, 1865) Schultze, M.J.S. 1865. Über ein Exemplar von <i>Hyalonema Sieboldi</i> aus Japan und einem Schwamm mit Nadeln aus Hornsubstanz. Verhandlungen des naturhistorischen Vereins der preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 22(3): 6-7. [details]
basis of record Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. 2002. Family Darwinellidae Merejkowsky, 1879. Pp. 1068-1071. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) <i> Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges </i> (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. 2002 [2004]. Family Darwinellidae Merejkowsky, 1879. Pp. 1068-1071.<i> In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) <i>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</i> (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Pronzato, R. (1975). Note tassonomiche sul genere <i>Darwinella</i> (Porifera). <em>Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universitá di Genova.</em> 43: 5-20. [details]
additional source Vacelet, J. (1959). Répartition générale des éponges et systématique des éponges cornées de la région de Marseille et de quelques stations méditerranéennes. <em>Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume.</em> 16 (26): 39-101, pls 1-3.
page(s): 63-64 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bergquist, P.R. (1980). A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (class Demospongiae). <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 7 (4): 443-503.
page(s): 486 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 3: 1-217.
page(s): 168 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 673-679 [details]
additional source Vacelet, J. (1959). Répartition générale des éponges et systématique des éponges cornées de la région de Marseille et de quelques stations méditerranéennes. <em>Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume.</em> 16 (26): 39-101, pls 1-3.
page(s): 63-64 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bergquist, P.R. (1980). A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (class Demospongiae). <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 7 (4): 443-503.
page(s): 486 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 3: 1-217.
page(s): 168 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 673-679 [details]
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Taxonomy According to the rules of the ICZN the type species of Darwinella must be the same as that of the genus Darwinia for which Darwinella is a replacement name. Müller (1865) erects Darwinella aurea as type species, but this is not allowed. D. aurea Müller is also a junior syonym of D. muelleri. [details]
