Terpios fugax
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
date: 2026-08-04
language: en
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publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
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subject: Terpios fugax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
type: ScientificName
bibliographic 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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Terpios fugax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134307 on 2026-08-03
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
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scientific name: Terpios fugax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
class: Demospongiae
family: Suberitidae
genus: Terpios
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
name published in: 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. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication. 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
name published in year: 1864
name published in year: 1936
order: Suberitida
parent name usage ID: 132073
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
specific epithet: fugax
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted