Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Trachycladida > Family Trachycladidae > Genus Trachycladus

Trachycladus minax (Topsent, 1888)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Spirastrella Schmidt, 1868

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Trachycladus*	Carter, 1879	accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record	Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Trachycladidae Hallmann, 1917. Pp. 268-274. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.) (2002) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. (2 Volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
basis of record	Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Trachycladidae Hallmann, 1917. Pp. 268-274. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.) (2002) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. (2 Volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
additional source	Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. Marine Biodiversity. 48(4): 2151-2163.

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. Trachycladus minax (Topsent, 1888). 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:171049