Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida > Subclass Hexasterophora > Order Sceptrulophora > Family Farreidae > Genus Farrea

Farrea occa Bowerbank, 1862

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Farrea*	Bowerbank, 1862	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: reversed glass sponge sources: National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].

French: éponge renversée

Literature

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. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV.
basis of record	Carter, H.J. (1885). Report on a Collection of Marine Sponges from Japan, made by Dr. J. Anderson. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5) 15 (89): 387-406, pls XII-XIV.
basis of record	Reiswig, H.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Farreidae Gray, 1872. pp. 1332-1340. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY. 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
basis of record	Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104.
basis of record	Reiswig, H.M. (2002). Family Farreidae Gray, 1872. pp. 1332-1340. In 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).
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. Expédition antarctique belge. Zoologie. 4: 1-54, pls I-VI.
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. Museu Nacional, Série Livros. 300 pp.
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]. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
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.
additional source	Burton, M. (1954). Sponges. Pp. 215-239, pl. 9. In: The 'Rosaura' Expedition. Part 5. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology. 2 (6).
additional source	Lévi, C.; Lévi, P. (1989). Spongiaires (MUSORSTOM 1 & 2). In: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, volume 4. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 143: 25-103.
additional source	Schulze, F.E. (1900). Hexactinelliden des Indischen Oceanes. III. Theil. Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1900: 1-46, pls I-VII.
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). Records of the Indian Museum. 28(4): 225-248.
additional source	Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 25: 1-280, pls 1-18.
additional source	Burton, M. (1928). Hexactinellida. Danish Ingolf Expedition. 6 (4): 1-18.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Schulze, F.E. (1899). Amerikanische Hexactinelliden, nach dem Materiale der Albatross-Expedition. (Fischer: Jena): 1-126, pls I-XIX.
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.
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. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 23-46.
additional source	Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E.; Reiswig, H.M. (2011). Taxonomy of Farrea (Porifera, Hexactinellida, Hexactinosida) from the southwestern Atlantic, with description of a new species and a discussion on the recognition of subspecies in Porifera. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 89: 169-189.
additional source	Boury-Esnault, N.; Pansini, M.; Uriz, M.J. (1994). Spongiaires bathyaux de la mer d'Alboran et du golfe ibéro-marocain. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 160: 1-174.
redescription	Carter, H.J. (1885). Report on a Collection of Marine Sponges from Japan, made by Dr. J. Anderson. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5) 15 (89): 387-406, pls XII-XIV.
biology source	Reiswig, H.M.; Mehl, D. (1991). Tissue organization of Farrea occa (Porifera, Hexactinellida). Zoomorphology. 110: 301-311.

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. Farrea occa Bowerbank, 1862. 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:134391