WoRMS taxon details
Amorphina Schmidt, 1870
AphiaID: 131799
AphiaID: 131799
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) |
| Status |  unaccepted (preoccupied and junior synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Spongia panicea Pallas, 1766 (type by subsequent designation) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Halichondriidae Gray, 1867 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Schmidt, O. 1870. Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. [details] [full text]
basis of record: Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-816. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] 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: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Amorphina isthmica Keller, 1883 represented as Halichondria (Halichondria) isthmica (Keller, 1883) (alternate representation, subgenus assignment) Species Amorphina anonyma Carter, 1886 accepted as Hemitedania anonyma (Carter, 1886) Species Amorphina appendiculata Schmidt, 1875 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) Species Amorphina cancellosa Carter, 1886 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) cancellosa (Carter, 1886) Species Amorphina caspia Grimm, 1877 accepted as Metschnikowia tuberculata Grimm, 1877 Species Amorphina coalita (sensu Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) bowerbanki Burton, 1930 Species Amorphina connexa Topsent, 1888 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) angulata (Bowerbank, 1866) Species Amorphina couchii (Bowerbank, 1874) accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) fibulata (Schmidt, 1862) Species Amorphina dubia Czerniavsky, 1880 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) dubia (Czerniavsky, 1880) Species Amorphina duchassaingi Topsent, 1889 accepted as Aaptos duchassaingi (Topsent, 1889) Species Amorphina fasciculata Fristedt, 1887 accepted as Hymeniacidon fasciculata (Fristedt, 1887) Species Amorphina fibrosa Fristedt, 1887 accepted as Topsentia fibrosa (Fristedt, 1887) Species Amorphina genitrix Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) genitrix (Schmidt, 1870) Species Amorphina grisea Fristedt, 1887 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) Species Amorphina hirta Topsent, 1889 accepted as Dictyonella hirta (Topsent, 1889) Species Amorphina megalorrhapis Carter, 1881 accepted as Topsentia megalorrhapis (Carter, 1881) Species Amorphina nigrocutis Carter, 1886 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) nigrocutis (Carter, 1886) Species Amorphina nodosa Fristedt, 1887 accepted as Halichondria (Eumastia) sitiens (Schmidt, 1870) Species Amorphina paciscens Schmidt, 1875 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) Species Amorphina panicea (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) Species Amorphina protochalina Czerniavsky, 1880 accepted as Haliclona protochalina (Czerniavsky, 1880) Species Amorphina renieroides Fristedt, 1887 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) renieroides (Fristedt, 1887) Species Amorphina solidior Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) solidior (Schmidt, 1870) Species Amorphina stellifera Carter, 1879 accepted as Jaspis stellifera (Carter, 1879) Species Amorphina terebrans Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Aka terebrans (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Siphonodictyon terebrans (Schmidt, 1870) Species Amorphina turritella Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) turritella (Schmidt, 1870) Species Amorphina velamentosa Hansen, 1885 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) velamentosa (Hansen, 1885) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Preoccupied by Amorphina Parker & Jones, 1857 (Protoctista) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131799 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Amorphina Schmidt, 1870. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131799 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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