WoRMS taxon details
Agelas cervicornis (Schmidt, 1870)
164820 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164820)
accepted
Species
Agelas arborescens (Lamarck, 1815) · unaccepted (nomen oblitum)
Agelas cylindrica (Carter, 1883) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Agelas longissima Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Chalinopsis cervicornis Schmidt, 1870 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Ectyon cervicornis (Schmidt, 1870) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Ectyon cylindricus Carter, 1883 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Spongia arborescens Lamarck, 1814 · unaccepted (genus transfer and homonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chalinopsis cervicornis Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 60 [details]
page(s): 60 [details]
Type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean
, Note This is the type species of the unaccepted...
type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Type species This is the type species of the unaccepted genus Chalinopsis. [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. Agelas cervicornis (Schmidt, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164820 on 2025-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chalinopsis cervicornis Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Ectyon cylindricus Carter, 1883) Carter, H.J. (1883). Contributions to our Knowledge of the Spongida. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 12 (71): 308-329, pls XI-XIV.
page(s): 314 [details]
original description (of Spongia arborescens Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 446 [details]
original description (of Agelas longissima Pulitzer-Finali, 1986) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 112; fig 32 B & fig 34 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Agelas arborescens (Lamarck, 1815)) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details]
basis of record Parra-Velandia, F.J.; Zea, S.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2014). Reef sponges of the genus <em>Agelas</em> (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the Greater Caribbean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3794(3): 301-344., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.1
page(s): 311-312 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Ectyon cylindricus Carter, 1883) Carter, H.J. (1883). Contributions to our Knowledge of the Spongida. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 12 (71): 308-329, pls XI-XIV.
page(s): 314 [details]
original description (of Spongia arborescens Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 446 [details]
original description (of Agelas longissima Pulitzer-Finali, 1986) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 112; fig 32 B & fig 34 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Agelas arborescens (Lamarck, 1815)) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details]
basis of record Parra-Velandia, F.J.; Zea, S.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2014). Reef sponges of the genus <em>Agelas</em> (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the Greater Caribbean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3794(3): 301-344., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.1
page(s): 311-312 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Agelasidae Verrill, 1907. Pp. 819-823. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
page(s): 823 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Agelasidae Verrill, 1907. Pp. 819-823. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
page(s): 823 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 823 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Agelasidae Verrill, 1907. Pp. 819-823. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type species This is the type species of the unaccepted genus Chalinopsis. [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Agelas arborescens (Lamarck, 1815))
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chalinopsis cervicornis Schmidt, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Agelas arborescens (Lamarck, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Agelas longissima Pulitzer-Finali, 1986)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Spongia arborescens Lamarck, 1814)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Agelas arborescens) (from synonym Agelas arborescens (Lamarck, 1815))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Agelas cervicornis)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Agelas arborescens (Lamarck, 1815))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Chalinopsis cervicornis Schmidt, 1870)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To The Sponge Guide
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chalinopsis cervicornis Schmidt, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Agelas arborescens (Lamarck, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Agelas longissima Pulitzer-Finali, 1986)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Spongia arborescens Lamarck, 1814)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Agelas arborescens) (from synonym Agelas arborescens (Lamarck, 1815))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Agelas cervicornis)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Agelas arborescens (Lamarck, 1815))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Chalinopsis cervicornis Schmidt, 1870)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To The Sponge Guide
From editor or global species database
Image from synonym
