WoRMS name details
Cliona abyssorum Carter, 1874
134116 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134116)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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 [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. Cliona abyssorum Carter, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134116 on 2026-02-25
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
Other
additional source
Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype ZMB 3097, geounit North Atlantic Lower Bathyal Province [details]
From editor or global species database
Authority The combination is used previous to Carter's publication by M. Sars, 1869: 250 as Cliona abyssorum nov. spec., but it is only a name in a list and thus a nomen nudum, an unavailable name, but the name combination may be subsequently used, then taking authorship of the new user (in this case Carter). It is unclear whether Sars' record and Carter's record are conspecific. Little (1968) proposed a new name for Carter's name (Cliona abyssalorum Little, 1968), but this is an objective junior synonym. [details]
