Porifera taxon details
Agelas flabelliformis (Carter, 1883)
164829 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164829)
accepted
Species
Ectyon flabelliformis Carter, 1883 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ectyon flabelliformis 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. [details] 
Lectotype (of Ectyon flabelliformis Carter, 1883) BMNH...
Lectotype (of Ectyon flabelliformis Carter, 1883) BMNH 1884.4.14.9, geounit Eastern Caribbean [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 flabelliformis (Carter, 1883). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=164829 on 2025-07-15
original description
(of Ectyon flabelliformis 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. [details]
additional source 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): 316 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Meesters, E.H.; Becking, L.E. (2014). Deep-water sponges (Porifera) from Bonaire and Klein Curaçao, Southern Caribbean. Zootaxa. 3878(5): 401-443., available online at http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/zt03878p443.pdf
page(s): 434 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source (of Ectyon flabelliformis Carter, 1883) Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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): 316 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Meesters, E.H.; Becking, L.E. (2014). Deep-water sponges (Porifera) from Bonaire and Klein Curaçao, Southern Caribbean. Zootaxa. 3878(5): 401-443., available online at http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/zt03878p443.pdf
page(s): 434 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source (of Ectyon flabelliformis Carter, 1883) Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Ectyon flabelliformis Carter, 1883) BMNH 1884.4.14.9, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Parra et al. 2014 assigned this species to the synonymy of Agelas dilatata, but the type material and recent fresh material (Van Soest et al. 2014) conforming to it, appear different, a.o. lacking the dense circular openings on the upper surface. [details]
