Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Keratosa > Order Dendroceratida > Family Darwinellidae

Darwinella Müller, 1865

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Darwinella australiensis Carter, 1885
Darwinella corneostellata (Carter, 1872)
Darwinella dalmatica Topsent, 1905
Darwinella duplex Topsent, 1905
Darwinella gardineri Topsent, 1905
Darwinella intermedia Topsent, 1893
Darwinella simplex Topsent, 1892
Darwinella viscosa Boury-Esnault, 1971

Literature

original description	Müller, F. (1865). Uber Darwinella aurea, einen Schwamm mit sternförmigen Hornnadeln. Archiv für mikroskopische Anatomie und Entwicklungsmechanik. 1: 344-353, pl. XXI.
basis of record	Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. 2002 [2004]. Family Darwinellidae Merejkowsky, 1879. Pp. 1068-1071. In: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
basis of record	Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. 2002. Family Darwinellidae Merejkowsky, 1879. Pp. 1068-1071. In: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
additional source	Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation. 3: 1-217.
additional source	Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50.
additional source	Bergquist, P.R. (1980). A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (class Demospongiae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 7 (4): 443-503.
additional source	Pronzato, R. (1975). Note tassonomiche sul genere Darwinella (Porifera). Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universitá di Genova. 43: 5-20.
additional source	Vacelet, J. (1959). Répartition générale des éponges et systématique des éponges cornées de la région de Marseille et de quelques stations méditerranéennes. Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume. 16 (26): 39-101, pls 1-3.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103.

Genbank

Citation

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. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131740