WoRMS name details
Laxosuberites coerulea (sensu Laubenfels, 1936)
418827 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:418827)
unaccepted (genus transfer & misapplication)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Terpios coerulea Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
page(s): 355 [details]
page(s): 355 [details]
Taxonomy Laubenfels (1936) recorded Carter's European species Terpios coerulea (= Terpios gelatinosa) from Florida. From Laubenfels'...
Taxonomy Laubenfels (1936) recorded Carter's European species Terpios coerulea (= Terpios gelatinosa) from Florida. From Laubenfels' description it is clear that he did not have a Terpios on hand, but clearly a Hymeniacidon, later described by Pulitzer-Finali (1986) as H. caerulea. [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. Laxosuberites coerulea (sensu Laubenfels, 1936). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=418827 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Terpios coerulea Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
page(s): 355 [details]
page(s): 355 [details]
Other
additional source
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): 148 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 148 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Laubenfels (1936) recorded Carter's European species Terpios coerulea (= Terpios gelatinosa) from Florida. From Laubenfels' description it is clear that he did not have a Terpios on hand, but clearly a Hymeniacidon, later described by Pulitzer-Finali (1986) as H. caerulea. [details]
