Porifera taxon details
Rossella racovitzae Topsent, 1901
172104 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172104)
accepted
Species
Rossella hexactinophila Kirkpatrick, 1907 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Rossella racovitzae var. hexactinophila Kirkpatrick, 1907 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Rossella racovitzae microdiscina Topsent, 1916
- Subspecies Rossella racovitzae racovitzae Topsent, 1901
- Subspecies Rossella racovitzae minuta Schulze & Kirkpatrick, 1910 accepted as Rossella racovitzae racovitzae Topsent, 1901 (junior synonym)
- Variety Rossella racovitzae var. hexactinophila Kirkpatrick, 1907 accepted as Rossella racovitzae Topsent, 1901 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Topsent, E. (1901). Spongiaires. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. ‘Belgica'en 1897-99 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. <em>Expédition antarctique belge. Zoologie.</em> 4: 1-54, pls I-VI.
page(s): 33-35 [details]
Topsent, E. (1901). Notice préliminaire sur les éponges recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique Belge. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (3) 9 (Notes et Revue): v-xvi. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): X [details]
page(s): 33-35 [details]
Topsent, E. (1901). Notice préliminaire sur les éponges recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique Belge. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (3) 9 (Notes et Revue): v-xvi. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): X [details]
Type locality contained in Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea
type locality contained in Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Rossella racovitzae Topsent, 1901. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=172104 on 2025-04-06
original description
Topsent, E. (1901). Spongiaires. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. ‘Belgica'en 1897-99 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. <em>Expédition antarctique belge. Zoologie.</em> 4: 1-54, pls I-VI.
page(s): 33-35 [details]
original description Topsent, E. (1901). Notice préliminaire sur les éponges recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique Belge. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (3) 9 (Notes et Revue): v-xvi. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): X [details]
original description (of Rossella hexactinophila Kirkpatrick, 1907) Kirkpatrick, R. (1907). Porifera Hexactinellida. National Antarctic Expedition (S.S. 'Discovery') 1901-1904. <em>Natural History.</em> 1-25, pls 1-7.
page(s): 13 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Göcke, C.; Janussen, D. (2013). Hexactinellida of the genus<em> Rossella</em>, of ANT XXIV/2 (SYSTCO I) Expedition—Antarctic Eastern Weddell Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3692(1): 102-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3692.1.6
page(s): 116-120 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Reiswig, H.M.; Araya, J.F. (2014). A review of the Hexactinellida (Porifera) of Chile, with the first record of <em>Caulophacus</em> Schulze, 1885 (Lyssacinosida: Rossellidae) from the Southeastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3889 (3): 414., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03889p428f.pdf
page(s): 423 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Desqueyroux, R. (1972). Gubki (Porifera), sobranie i iunich Shetlandskich Ostrovof i Antarkitchescovo poliostrova (po materialam Chiliskoi Antarktitcheskoi expeditchi). <em>Isledovania Fauni Morei.</em> 9: 49-55 (in Russian).
page(s): 50 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Topsent, E. (1917). Spongiaires. Pp. 1-88, pls 1-6. <em>In: Joubin, L. (Ed.), Deuxième Expédition Antarctique Française (1908-1910) Commandée par le Dr. Jean Charcot.</em> Sciences Physiques: Documents Scientifiques (Paris). 4. (Masson & Cie: Paris).
page(s): 9-11 [details]
additional source Kunzmann K. (1996). Die mit ausgewählten Schwämmen (Hexactinellida und Demospongiae) aus dem Weddellmeer, Antarktis, vergesellschaftete Fauna. Berichte zur Polarforschung, 210, 1-93.
page(s): 20 & 32-35 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R.; Tendal, O.S. (2004). Deep-sea Hexactinellida (Porifera) of the Weddell Sea. <em>Deep-Sea Research Part II.</em> 51: 1857-1882.
page(s): 1866 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Janussen, D.; Reiswig, H.M. (2009). Hexactinellida (Porifera) from the ANDEEP III Expedition to the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2136: 1-20.
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Barthel, D.; Tendal, O.S. (1994). Antarctic Hexactinellida. Theses Zoologicae. Volume 23, <i>in</i>: Fricke, R. (Ed.) 'Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos' Volume 6. Wägele, J.W. & Sieg, J. (Eds). (Koeltz Scientific Books: Champaign, Illinois): 1-154. <em>Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein.</em> 154.
page(s): 93 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Burton, M. (1929). Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. <em>British Antarctic ('Terra Nova') Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, Zoology.</em> 6 (4): 393-458, pls I-V.
page(s): 407-409 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1934). Sponges. Pp. 1-58, pls I-VIII. <em>In: Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-03 under the Direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld.</em> 3 (2). (Norstedt & Söner: Stockholm).
page(s): 7-8 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Desqueyroux, R. (1975). Esponjas (Porifera) de la region antartica chilena. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 16 (1): 47-82.
page(s): 51 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Koltun, V.M. (1976). Porifera - Part 1: Antarctic Sponges. <em>Report B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-1931 (B, Zoology and Botany).</em> 5 (4): 153-198.
page(s): 165 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy (of Rossella racovitzae var. hexactinophila Kirkpatrick, 1907) Barthel, D.; Tendal, O.S. (1994). Antarctic Hexactinellida. Theses Zoologicae. Volume 23, <i>in</i>: Fricke, R. (Ed.) 'Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos' Volume 6. Wägele, J.W. & Sieg, J. (Eds). (Koeltz Scientific Books: Champaign, Illinois): 1-154. <em>Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein.</em> 154.
page(s): 121 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference (of Rossella racovitzae var. hexactinophila Kirkpatrick, 1907) Schulze, F.E.; Kirkpatrick, R. ([1910 (1911)]). Die Hexactinelliden der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. 12 (Zoologie IV. Band) (1): 1-62, pls I-X.
page(s): 22 [details]
page(s): 33-35 [details]
original description Topsent, E. (1901). Notice préliminaire sur les éponges recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique Belge. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (3) 9 (Notes et Revue): v-xvi. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): X [details]
original description (of Rossella hexactinophila Kirkpatrick, 1907) Kirkpatrick, R. (1907). Porifera Hexactinellida. National Antarctic Expedition (S.S. 'Discovery') 1901-1904. <em>Natural History.</em> 1-25, pls 1-7.
page(s): 13 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Göcke, C.; Janussen, D. (2013). Hexactinellida of the genus<em> Rossella</em>, of ANT XXIV/2 (SYSTCO I) Expedition—Antarctic Eastern Weddell Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3692(1): 102-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3692.1.6
page(s): 116-120 [details] Available for editors

additional source Reiswig, H.M.; Araya, J.F. (2014). A review of the Hexactinellida (Porifera) of Chile, with the first record of <em>Caulophacus</em> Schulze, 1885 (Lyssacinosida: Rossellidae) from the Southeastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3889 (3): 414., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03889p428f.pdf
page(s): 423 [details] Available for editors

additional source Desqueyroux, R. (1972). Gubki (Porifera), sobranie i iunich Shetlandskich Ostrovof i Antarkitchescovo poliostrova (po materialam Chiliskoi Antarktitcheskoi expeditchi). <em>Isledovania Fauni Morei.</em> 9: 49-55 (in Russian).
page(s): 50 [details] Available for editors

additional source Topsent, E. (1917). Spongiaires. Pp. 1-88, pls 1-6. <em>In: Joubin, L. (Ed.), Deuxième Expédition Antarctique Française (1908-1910) Commandée par le Dr. Jean Charcot.</em> Sciences Physiques: Documents Scientifiques (Paris). 4. (Masson & Cie: Paris).
page(s): 9-11 [details]
additional source Kunzmann K. (1996). Die mit ausgewählten Schwämmen (Hexactinellida und Demospongiae) aus dem Weddellmeer, Antarktis, vergesellschaftete Fauna. Berichte zur Polarforschung, 210, 1-93.
page(s): 20 & 32-35 [details] Available for editors

additional source Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R.; Tendal, O.S. (2004). Deep-sea Hexactinellida (Porifera) of the Weddell Sea. <em>Deep-Sea Research Part II.</em> 51: 1857-1882.
page(s): 1866 [details] Available for editors

additional source Janussen, D.; Reiswig, H.M. (2009). Hexactinellida (Porifera) from the ANDEEP III Expedition to the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2136: 1-20.
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors

additional source Barthel, D.; Tendal, O.S. (1994). Antarctic Hexactinellida. Theses Zoologicae. Volume 23, <i>in</i>: Fricke, R. (Ed.) 'Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos' Volume 6. Wägele, J.W. & Sieg, J. (Eds). (Koeltz Scientific Books: Champaign, Illinois): 1-154. <em>Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein.</em> 154.
page(s): 93 [details] Available for editors

additional source Burton, M. (1929). Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. <em>British Antarctic ('Terra Nova') Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, Zoology.</em> 6 (4): 393-458, pls I-V.
page(s): 407-409 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1934). Sponges. Pp. 1-58, pls I-VIII. <em>In: Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-03 under the Direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld.</em> 3 (2). (Norstedt & Söner: Stockholm).
page(s): 7-8 [details] Available for editors

additional source Desqueyroux, R. (1975). Esponjas (Porifera) de la region antartica chilena. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 16 (1): 47-82.
page(s): 51 [details] Available for editors

additional source Koltun, V.M. (1976). Porifera - Part 1: Antarctic Sponges. <em>Report B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-1931 (B, Zoology and Botany).</em> 5 (4): 153-198.
page(s): 165 [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy (of Rossella racovitzae var. hexactinophila Kirkpatrick, 1907) Barthel, D.; Tendal, O.S. (1994). Antarctic Hexactinellida. Theses Zoologicae. Volume 23, <i>in</i>: Fricke, R. (Ed.) 'Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos' Volume 6. Wägele, J.W. & Sieg, J. (Eds). (Koeltz Scientific Books: Champaign, Illinois): 1-154. <em>Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein.</em> 154.
page(s): 121 [details] Available for editors

new combination reference (of Rossella racovitzae var. hexactinophila Kirkpatrick, 1907) Schulze, F.E.; Kirkpatrick, R. ([1910 (1911)]). Die Hexactinelliden der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. 12 (Zoologie IV. Band) (1): 1-62, pls I-X.
page(s): 22 [details]




Syntype IRSNB/KBIN POR.004, geounit Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
Syntype IRSNB/KBIN POR.005, geounit Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
Syntype IRSNB/KBIN POR.006, geounit Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
Syntype IRSNB/KBIN POR.007, geounit Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
Syntype MNHN HT 102, geounit Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
Syntype MNHN HT 103, geounit Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
Syntype MNHN HT 104, geounit Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]