WoRMS taxon details
Tretodictyidae Schulze, 1886
131690 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131690)
accepted
Family
Hexactinellidae sensu Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Genus Anomochone Ijima, 1927
- Genus Hexactinella Carter, 1885
- Species Hexactinella acanthacea Reiswig & Kelly, 2011
- Species Hexactinella aurea Reiswig & Kelly, 2011
- Species Hexactinella carolinensis Reiswig, Dohrmann, Pomponi & Wörheide, 2008
- Species Hexactinella divergens Tabachnick, 1990
- Species Hexactinella grimaldii Topsent, 1890
- Species Hexactinella labyrinthica Wilson, 1904
- Species Hexactinella lata (Schulze, 1886)
- Species Hexactinella lingua Ijima, 1927
- Species Hexactinella monticularis Lendenfeld, 1915
- Species Hexactinella rugosa Ijima, 1927
- Species Hexactinella simplex Reiswig & Kelly, 2011
- Species Hexactinella spongiosa Ijima, 1927
- Species Hexactinella ventilabrum Carter, 1885
- Species Hexactinella vermiculosa Ijima, 1927
- Species Hexactinella filholi Topsent, 1904 accepted as Auloplax filholi (Topsent, 1904) (genus transfer)
- Species Hexactinella minor Dendy & Burton, 1926 accepted as Tretodictyum minor (Dendy & Burton, 1926)
- Species Hexactinella tubulosa (Schulze, 1886) accepted as Tretodictyum tubulosum Schulze, 1886 (reverted genus transfer)
- Genus Psilocalyx Ijima, 1927
- Species Psilocalyx wilsoni Ijima, 1927
- Genus Sclerothamnopsis Wilson, 1904
- Genus Sclerothamnus Marshall, 1875
- Genus Tretocalyx Schulze, 1901
- Species Tretocalyx polae Schulze, 1901
- Genus Tretodictyum Schulze, 1886
- Species Tretodictyum amchitkense Reiswig & Stone, 2013
- Species Tretodictyum cocosense Reiswig, 2010
- Species Tretodictyum minor (Dendy & Burton, 1926)
- Species Tretodictyum montereyense Reiswig, Dohrmann, Pomponi & Wörheide, 2008
- Species Tretodictyum pumicosum Ijima, 1927
- Species Tretodictyum reiswigi Boury-Esnault, Vacelet & Chevaldonné, 2017
- Species Tretodictyum schrammeni Ijima, 1927
- Species Tretodictyum tubulosum Schulze, 1886
- Species Tretodictyum amchitkensis Reiswig & Stone, 2013 accepted as Tretodictyum amchitkense Reiswig & Stone, 2013 (disagreement in gender)
- Species Tretodictyum cocosensis Reiswig, 2010 accepted as Tretodictyum cocosense Reiswig, 2010 (disagreement in gender)
- Species Tretodictyum cyathus Schulze, 1886 accepted as Hexactinella ventilabrum Carter, 1885 (junior synonym)
- Species Tretodictyum labyrinthicum (Wilson, 1904) accepted as Hexactinella labyrinthica Wilson, 1904 (reverted genus transfer)
- Species Tretodictyum latum Schulze, 1886 accepted as Hexactinella lata (Schulze, 1886) (genus transfer)
- Species Tretodictyum montereyensis Reiswig, Dohrmann, Pomponi & Wörheide, 2008 accepted as Tretodictyum montereyense Reiswig, Dohrmann, Pomponi & Wörheide, 2008 (disagreement in gender)
- Genus Dendrospongia Murie, 1877 accepted as Sclerothamnus Marshall, 1875 (preoccupied)
- Species Dendrospongia steerii Murie, 1877 accepted as Sclerothamnus clausii Marshall, 1875 (genus name preoccupied & junior synonym)
- Genus Tretodictyon Schulze, 1885 accepted as Tretodictyum Schulze, 1886 (nomen nudum)
- Genus Volvulina Schmidt, 1880 accepted as Cyrtaulon Schulze, 1886 (preoccupied)
- Species Volvulina sigsbeei Schmidt, 1880 accepted as Cyrtaulon sigsbeei (Schmidt, 1880) (genus name preoccupied)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Schulze, F.E. (1886). Über den Bau und das System der Hexactinelliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Physikalisch-Mathematische Classe).</em> 1-97. [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. Tretodictyidae Schulze, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131690 on 2025-07-15
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original description
Schulze, F.E. (1886). Über den Bau und das System der Hexactinelliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Physikalisch-Mathematische Classe).</em> 1-97. [details]
original description (of Hexactinellidae sensu Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
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basis of record Reiswig, H.M. (2002). Family Tretodictyidae Schulze, 1886. pp. 1341-1354. <i>In</i>: 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). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Reiswig, H.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Tretodictyidae Schulze, 1886. pp. 1341-1354. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY. 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Hexactinellidae sensu Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 185 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Reiswig, H.M. (2002). Family Tretodictyidae Schulze, 1886. pp. 1341-1354. <i>In</i>: 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). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Reiswig, H.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Tretodictyidae Schulze, 1886. pp. 1341-1354. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY. 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
