WoRMS taxon details
Spiroxya abyssorum (Carter, 1874)
1044997 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1044997)
accepted
Species
Cliona abyssalorum Little, 1968 · unaccepted
Cliona abyssorum Carter, 1874 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Cliona abyssorum Sars, 1869 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (nomen nudum)
Pione abyssorum (Carter, 1874) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cliona abyssorum Carter, 1874) Carter, H.J. (1874). Descriptions and Figures of Deep-sea Sponges and their Spicules from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine', chiefly in 1869; with Figures and Descriptions of some remarkable Spicules from the Agulhas Shoal and Colon, Panama. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 14 (79): 207-221, 245-257, pls.XIII-XV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937408680964
page(s): 249-250 [details]
page(s): 249-250 [details]
Type locality contained in North Atlantic Lower Bathyal Province
type locality contained in North Atlantic Lower Bathyal Province [from synonym] [view taxon] [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Spiroxya abyssorum (Carter, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1044997 on 2026-02-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cliona abyssorum Carter, 1874) Carter, H.J. (1874). Descriptions and Figures of Deep-sea Sponges and their Spicules from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine', chiefly in 1869; with Figures and Descriptions of some remarkable Spicules from the Agulhas Shoal and Colon, Panama. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 14 (79): 207-221, 245-257, pls.XIII-XV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937408680964
page(s): 249-250 [details]
original description (of Cliona abyssorum Sars, 1869) Sars, M. (1869). Fortsatte bemærkninger over det dyriske livs udbredning i havets dybder. <em>Forhandliger i Videnskabernes Selskab, Christiania.</em> 1868: 246-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35041302
page(s): 250; note: Nomen nudum [details]
page(s): 249-250 [details]
original description (of Cliona abyssorum Sars, 1869) Sars, M. (1869). Fortsatte bemærkninger over det dyriske livs udbredning i havets dybder. <em>Forhandliger i Videnskabernes Selskab, Christiania.</em> 1868: 246-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35041302
page(s): 250; note: Nomen nudum [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Cliona abyssorum Carter, 1874) ZMB 3097, geounit North Atlantic Lower Bathyal Province [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cliona abyssorum Carter, 1874)
To PESI (from synonym Cliona abyssorum Carter, 1874)
To PESI (from synonym Pione abyssorum (Carter, 1874))
To PESI (from synonym Cliona abyssorum Carter, 1874)
To PESI (from synonym Pione abyssorum (Carter, 1874))
