WoRMS name details
Leucosolenia poterium (Haeckel, 1872)
1431651 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1431651)
unaccepted (Genus change.)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ascetta primordialis var. poterium Haeckel, 1872) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60).
page(s): 17 [details]
page(s): 17 [details]
Distribution Breitfuss (1932) listed this species to the Arctic, however, he was probably refering to A. primordialis and not to A....
Distribution Breitfuss (1932) listed this species to the Arctic, however, he was probably refering to A. primordialis and not to A. primordialis var. poterium. Haeckel mentioned that the variety "poterium" was present only in Australia. [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. Leucosolenia poterium (Haeckel, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1431651 on 2025-10-12
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Nomenclature
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(of Ascetta primordialis var. poterium Haeckel, 1872) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60).
page(s): 17 [details]
new combination reference Poléjaeff, N. (1883). Report on the Calcarea dredged by H.M.S.'Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger', 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 8 (2): 1-76, pl. I-IX., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-24/README.htm
page(s): 35 [details]
page(s): 17 [details]
new combination reference Poléjaeff, N. (1883). Report on the Calcarea dredged by H.M.S.'Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger', 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 8 (2): 1-76, pl. I-IX., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-24/README.htm
page(s): 35 [details]
Other
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Breitfuss, L. (1932). Die Kalkschwamm-fauna des arktischen Gebietes. Pp. 235-252. <i>In</i>: Fauna Arctica. Eine Zusammenstellung der arktischen Tierformen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898. Volume 6.
page(s): 242; note: Breitfuss (1932) referred to Haeckel (1872) to say that L. poterium occurs in the Arctic. However, Haeckel mentioned that his variety "poterium" occurred in Australia only. Therefore, the occurrence o...
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additional source Breitfuss, L.L. (1898). Die Kalkschwämme der Sammlung Plate. <em>Zoologische Jahrbürger Supplement.</em> 4: 455-471, pl. 27.
page(s): 457 [details]
page(s): 242; note: Breitfuss (1932) referred to Haeckel (1872) to say that L. poterium occurs in the Arctic. However, Haeckel mentioned that his variety "poterium" occurred in Australia only. Therefore, the occurrence o...
Breitfuss (1932) referred to Haeckel (1872) to say that L. poterium occurs in the Arctic. However, Haeckel mentioned that his variety "poterium" occurred in Australia only. Therefore, the occurrence of A. poterium in the Arctic should be seen avec suspicion.
[request]additional source Breitfuss, L.L. (1898). Die Kalkschwämme der Sammlung Plate. <em>Zoologische Jahrbürger Supplement.</em> 4: 455-471, pl. 27.
page(s): 457 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Breitfuss (1932) listed this species to the Arctic, however, he was probably refering to A. primordialis and not to A. primordialis var. poterium. Haeckel mentioned that the variety "poterium" was present only in Australia. [details]
