WoRMS taxon details
Farrea occa Bowerbank, 1862
134391 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134391)
accepted
Species
Farrea haeckelii Schulze, 1887 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Farrea occa claviformis Wilson, 1904
- Subspecies Farrea occa clavigera Schulze, 1886
- Subspecies Farrea occa cuspidata Ijima, 1927
- Subspecies Farrea occa erecta Ijima, 1927
- Subspecies Farrea occa mammillata Ijima, 1927
- Subspecies Farrea occa occa Bowerbank, 1862
- Subspecies Farrea occa ouwensi Ijima, 1927
- Subspecies Farrea occa polyclavula Tabachnick, 1988
- Subspecies Farrea occa scutella Lendenfeld, 1915
- Subspecies Farrea occa subclavigera Ijima, 1927
- Variety Farrea occa var. foliascens Topsent, 1906 accepted as Farrea foliascens Topsent, 1906 (status change)
- Variety Farrea occa var. laminaris Topsent, 1904 accepted as Farrea laminaris Topsent, 1904 (status change)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV.
page(s): 1118 [details]
page(s): 1118 [details]
Holotype BMNH 1877.5.21.1466, geounit Western and...
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. Farrea occa Bowerbank, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134391 on 2025-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV.
page(s): 1118 [details]
original description (of Farrea haeckelii Schulze, 1887) Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 276 [details]
basis of record Reiswig, H.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Farreidae Gray, 1872. pp. 1332-1340. <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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basis of record Carter, H.J. (1885). Report on a Collection of Marine Sponges from Japan, made by Dr. J. Anderson. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 15 (89): 387-406, pls XII-XIV.
page(s): 388-392 [details]
basis of record Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 277-285 [details]
basis of record Reiswig, H.M. (2002). Family Farreidae Gray, 1872. pp. 1332-1340. <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). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 1118 [details]
original description (of Farrea haeckelii Schulze, 1887) Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 276 [details]
basis of record Reiswig, H.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Farreidae Gray, 1872. pp. 1332-1340. <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]basis of record Carter, H.J. (1885). Report on a Collection of Marine Sponges from Japan, made by Dr. J. Anderson. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 15 (89): 387-406, pls XII-XIV.
page(s): 388-392 [details]
basis of record Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 277-285 [details]
basis of record Reiswig, H.M. (2002). Family Farreidae Gray, 1872. pp. 1332-1340. <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). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Carter, H.J. (1885). Report on a Collection of Marine Sponges from Japan, made by Dr. J. Anderson. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 15 (89): 387-406, pls XII-XIV.
page(s): 388-394 [details]
page(s): 388-394 [details]
Other
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 Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E.; Reiswig, H.M. (2011). Taxonomy of <i>Farrea</i> (Porifera, Hexactinellida, Hexactinosida) from the southwestern Atlantic, with description of a new species and a discussion on the recognition of subspecies in Porifera. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 89: 169-189., available online at http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/Z10-105
page(s): 172 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 181 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Schulze, F.E. (1899). Amerikanische Hexactinelliden, nach dem Materiale der Albatross-Expedition. (Fischer: Jena): 1-126, pls I-XIX.
page(s): 68-69 [details]
additional source Schulze, F.E. (1900). Hexactinelliden des Indischen Oceanes. III. Theil. <em>Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1900: 1-46, pls I-VII.
page(s): 38 [details]
additional source Schulze, F.E. (1904). Hexactinellida. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899 4: 1-266, separated atlas: pls I-LII, 1 map.
page(s): 36-37 [details]
additional source 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): 38 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 25: 1-280, pls 1-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 42-43; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 85; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Dendy, A.; Burton, M. (1926). Report on some deep-sea sponges from the Indian Museum collected by the R.I.M.S. "Investigator". Part I. Hexactinellida and Tetractinellida (pars). <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 28(4): 225-248.
page(s): 226 [details]
additional source Lévi, C.; Lévi, P. (1989). Spongiaires (MUSORSTOM 1 & 2). <i>In</i>: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, volume 4. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 143: 25-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 39 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Burton, M. (1928). Hexactinellida. <em>Danish Ingolf Expedition.</em> 6 (4): 1-18.
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1954). Sponges. Pp. 215-239, pl. 9. <i>In</i>: The 'Rosaura' Expedition. Part 5. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology.</em> 2 (6).
page(s): 217-218; note: Misapplication [details]
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 Boury-Esnault, N.; Pansini, M.; Uriz, M.J. (1994). Spongiaires bathyaux de la mer d'Alboran et du golfe ibéro-marocain. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 160: 1-174., available online at http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1994_T160_N000_1
page(s): 27; fig 7-8; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source Reiswig, H.M.; Mehl, D. (1991). Tissue organization of <i>Farrea occa</i> (Porifera, Hexactinellida). <em>Zoomorphology.</em> 110: 301-311.
page(s): 302 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E.; Reiswig, H.M. (2011). Taxonomy of <i>Farrea</i> (Porifera, Hexactinellida, Hexactinosida) from the southwestern Atlantic, with description of a new species and a discussion on the recognition of subspecies in Porifera. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 89: 169-189., available online at http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/Z10-105
page(s): 172 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 181 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schulze, F.E. (1899). Amerikanische Hexactinelliden, nach dem Materiale der Albatross-Expedition. (Fischer: Jena): 1-126, pls I-XIX.
page(s): 68-69 [details]
additional source Schulze, F.E. (1900). Hexactinelliden des Indischen Oceanes. III. Theil. <em>Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1900: 1-46, pls I-VII.
page(s): 38 [details]
additional source Schulze, F.E. (1904). Hexactinellida. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899 4: 1-266, separated atlas: pls I-LII, 1 map.
page(s): 36-37 [details]
additional source 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): 38 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 25: 1-280, pls 1-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 42-43; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 85; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Dendy, A.; Burton, M. (1926). Report on some deep-sea sponges from the Indian Museum collected by the R.I.M.S. "Investigator". Part I. Hexactinellida and Tetractinellida (pars). <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 28(4): 225-248.
page(s): 226 [details]
additional source Lévi, C.; Lévi, P. (1989). Spongiaires (MUSORSTOM 1 & 2). <i>In</i>: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, volume 4. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 143: 25-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 39 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Burton, M. (1928). Hexactinellida. <em>Danish Ingolf Expedition.</em> 6 (4): 1-18.
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1954). Sponges. Pp. 215-239, pl. 9. <i>In</i>: The 'Rosaura' Expedition. Part 5. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology.</em> 2 (6).
page(s): 217-218; note: Misapplication [details]
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 Boury-Esnault, N.; Pansini, M.; Uriz, M.J. (1994). Spongiaires bathyaux de la mer d'Alboran et du golfe ibéro-marocain. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 160: 1-174., available online at http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1994_T160_N000_1
page(s): 27; fig 7-8; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request]biology source Reiswig, H.M.; Mehl, D. (1991). Tissue organization of <i>Farrea occa</i> (Porifera, Hexactinellida). <em>Zoomorphology.</em> 110: 301-311.
page(s): 302 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1877.5.21.1466, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar [details]
Holotype BMNH 1877.5.21.1466, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | reversed glass sponge | [details] |
| French | éponge renversée | [details] |
| Japanese | キヌアミカイメン | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Farrea haeckelii Schulze, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Farrea occa)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (1155710 SEM dictyonal harrow form)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Farrea occa)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (1155710 SEM dictyonal harrow form)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
