WoRMS taxon details
Iotrochota purpurea (Bowerbank, 1875)
169387 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169387)
accepted
Species
Chondrocladia dura Kieschnick, 1900 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Chondrocladia ramosa Kieschnick, 1896 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Chondrocladia sessilis Kieschnick, 1900 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Halichondria purpurea Bowerbank, 1875 · alternative representation (genus transfer)
Spongia foveolaria Lamarck, 1814 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Halichondria purpurea Bowerbank, 1875) Bowerbank, J.S. (1875). Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadae. Part VII. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1875: 281-296.
page(s): 293 [details]
page(s): 293 [details]
Type locality contained in Malacca Strait
type locality contained in Malacca Strait [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomy If the synonymy with Spongia foveolaria is accepted, the name Iotrochota purpurea is threatened.
Taxonomy If the synonymy with Spongia foveolaria is accepted, the name Iotrochota purpurea is threatened. [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. Iotrochota purpurea (Bowerbank, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169387 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chondrocladia sessilis Kieschnick, 1900) Kieschnick, O. (1900). Kieselschwämme von Amboina. Pp. 547-582.<i>In</i>: Semon, R. (Ed.), Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel Ausgesführt in den Jahren 1891-1893. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft.</em> Volume 8. (Gustav Fischer: Jena). [details] 
original description (of Chondrocladia dura Kieschnick, 1900) Kieschnick, O. (1900). Kieselschwämme von Amboina. Pp. 547-582.<i>In</i>: Semon, R. (Ed.), Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel Ausgesführt in den Jahren 1891-1893. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft.</em> Volume 8. (Gustav Fischer: Jena). [details]
original description (of Halichondria purpurea Bowerbank, 1875) Bowerbank, J.S. (1875). Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadae. Part VII. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1875: 281-296.
page(s): 293 [details]
original description (of Chondrocladia ramosa Kieschnick, 1896) Kieschnick, O. (1896). Silicispongiae von Ternate nach den Sammlungen von Herrn Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 19 (520): 526-534.
page(s): 532-533 [details]
original description (of Spongia foveolaria Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 457 [details]
original description (of Chondrocladia dura Kieschnick, 1900) Kieschnick, O. (1900). Kieselschwämme von Amboina. Pp. 547-582.<i>In</i>: Semon, R. (Ed.), Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel Ausgesführt in den Jahren 1891-1893. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft.</em> Volume 8. (Gustav Fischer: Jena). [details]
original description (of Halichondria purpurea Bowerbank, 1875) Bowerbank, J.S. (1875). Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadae. Part VII. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1875: 281-296.
page(s): 293 [details]
original description (of Chondrocladia ramosa Kieschnick, 1896) Kieschnick, O. (1896). Silicispongiae von Ternate nach den Sammlungen von Herrn Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 19 (520): 526-534.
page(s): 532-533 [details]
original description (of Spongia foveolaria Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 457 [details]
Other
additional source
Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1993). A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. <em>Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria".</em> 89: 247-350.
page(s): 300 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 164 [details]
additional source Dendy, A. (1922). Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S.'Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <i>In</i>: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Vol. 7. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 18 (1): 1-164, pls 1-18.
page(s): 97 [details]
additional source Lévi, C. (1961). Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la 'Calypso'. Campagne 1954 dans l'Océan Indien (suite). 2. Les spongiaires de l'Ile Aldabra. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 39: 1-32, pls 1-2.
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 434-435; 610 [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1973). Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale. Sciences zoologiques.</em> (203): 1-96, pls 1-8. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 19-20 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1897). Spongiaires de la Baie d'Amboine. (Voyage de MM. M. Bedot et C. Pictet dans l'Archipel Malais). <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 4: 421-487, pls 18-21.
page(s): 455 [details]
additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1965). Spongiaires des grottes et surplombs des récifs de Tuléar (Madagascar). <em>Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume.</em> 2-4: 71-123.
page(s): 105 [details]
additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1971). Éponges des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Madagascar). <em>Téthys.</em> Supplément 1: 51-126.
page(s): 94 [details]
additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P.; Lévi, C. (1976). Spongiaires de la pente externe des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Sud-Ouest de Madagascar). <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A, Zoologie).</em> 49:1-116, pls I-X.
page(s): 64 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Thomas, P.A. (1976). Marine Demospongiae of Ras Iwatine (Kenya). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 18(3): 642-649.
page(s): 644 [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1991). Sponges of Papua and New Guinea. - Part Order Haplosclerida Topsent. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 33(1): 308-316.
page(s): 309-311 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1977). Sponge distribution in coral reefs and related areas in the vicinity of Tulear (Madagascar). <em>Proceedings of the Third International Coral Reef Symposium.</em> 1977, 113-117.
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 300 [details] Available for editors

additional source Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 164 [details]
additional source Dendy, A. (1922). Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S.'Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <i>In</i>: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Vol. 7. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 18 (1): 1-164, pls 1-18.
page(s): 97 [details]
additional source Lévi, C. (1961). Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la 'Calypso'. Campagne 1954 dans l'Océan Indien (suite). 2. Les spongiaires de l'Ile Aldabra. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 39: 1-32, pls 1-2.
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors

additional source Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 434-435; 610 [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1973). Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale. Sciences zoologiques.</em> (203): 1-96, pls 1-8. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 19-20 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1897). Spongiaires de la Baie d'Amboine. (Voyage de MM. M. Bedot et C. Pictet dans l'Archipel Malais). <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 4: 421-487, pls 18-21.
page(s): 455 [details]
additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1965). Spongiaires des grottes et surplombs des récifs de Tuléar (Madagascar). <em>Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume.</em> 2-4: 71-123.
page(s): 105 [details]
additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1971). Éponges des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Madagascar). <em>Téthys.</em> Supplément 1: 51-126.
page(s): 94 [details]
additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P.; Lévi, C. (1976). Spongiaires de la pente externe des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Sud-Ouest de Madagascar). <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A, Zoologie).</em> 49:1-116, pls I-X.
page(s): 64 [details] Available for editors

additional source Thomas, P.A. (1976). Marine Demospongiae of Ras Iwatine (Kenya). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 18(3): 642-649.
page(s): 644 [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1991). Sponges of Papua and New Guinea. - Part Order Haplosclerida Topsent. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 33(1): 308-316.
page(s): 309-311 [details] Available for editors

additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1977). Sponge distribution in coral reefs and related areas in the vicinity of Tulear (Madagascar). <em>Proceedings of the Third International Coral Reef Symposium.</em> 1977, 113-117.
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors






From editor or global species database
Taxonomy If the synonymy with Spongia foveolaria is accepted, the name Iotrochota purpurea is threatened. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chondrocladia sessilis Kieschnick, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Halichondria purpurea Bowerbank, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chondrocladia dura Kieschnick, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chondrocladia ramosa Kieschnick, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Halichondria purpurea Bowerbank, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chondrocladia dura Kieschnick, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chondrocladia ramosa Kieschnick, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)