WoRMS taxon details
Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
168021 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168021)
accepted
Species
Amphimedon ferox Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Ectyoplasia ferox surgens Wiedenmayer, 1977 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Ectyoplasia surgens Wiedenmayer, 1977 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Hemectyon ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) · unaccepted
Hymeniacidon amphilecta de Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Subspecies Ectyoplasia ferox explicata Wiedenmayer, 1977 accepted as Dragmacidon reticulatum (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer and status change)
- Subspecies Ectyoplasia ferox surgens Wiedenmayer, 1977 accepted as Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Amphimedon ferox Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 81; pl XII fig 6 [details]
page(s): 81; pl XII fig 6 [details]
Type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean
type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168021 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hymeniacidon amphilecta de Laubenfels, 1936) 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. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 137 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Amphimedon ferox Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 81; pl XII fig 6 [details]
original description (of Ectyoplasia ferox surgens Wiedenmayer, 1977) Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 158-159 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 137 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Amphimedon ferox Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 81; pl XII fig 6 [details]
original description (of Ectyoplasia ferox surgens Wiedenmayer, 1977) Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 158-159 [details] Available for editors
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context source (WoRCS)
Muricy, G.; Lage, A.; Sandes, J.; Klautau, M.; Pinheiro, U.; Laport, M.S.; de Oliveira, B.F.R.; Pequeno, C.B.; Lopes, M.V. (2024). Sponge Communities of Submarine Caves and Tunnels on the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Northeast Brazil. <em>Journal of Marine Science and Engineering.</em> 12, 657: 1-19., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/12/4/657 [details]
additional source Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 87-88 [details]
additional source 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): 105-106; fig 29-30 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zea, S. (1987). Esponjas del Caribe Colombiano. (Catálogo Cientifico: Bogotá, Colombia): 1-286. , available online at http://ISBN 958-9068-05-7
page(s): 202-205; fig 73 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lehnert, H. (1993). Die Schwämme von Cozumel (Mexiko). Bestandsaufnahme, kritischer Vergleich taxonomischer Merkmale, und Beschreibung einer neuen Art (The sponges from Cozumel (Mexico). Inventory, critical comparison of taxonomic characters and description of a new species. <em>Acta Biolologica Benrodis.</em> 5: 35-127 (in German, with abstracts in German and English).
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rützler, K.; Díaz, M.C.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Zea, S.; Smith, K.P.; Alvarez, B.; Wulff, J. (2000). Diversity of sponge fauna in mangrove ponds, Pelican Cays, Belize. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 476: 230-248.
page(s): 236 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 149 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hajdu, E.; Peixinho, S.; Fernandez, J.C.C. (2011). Esponjas Marinhas da Bahia - Guia de Campo e Laboratório. Série Livros 45. <em>Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro.</em> 276 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Muricy, G.; Esteves, E.L.; Moraes, F.C.; Santos, J.P.; da Silva, S.M.; Klautau, M.; Lanna, E. (2008). Biodiversidade Marinha da Bacia Potiguar. <em>Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Série Livros.</em> 29: 1-156.
page(s): 79 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 63-64 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ferreira, E.G.; Wilke, D.V.; Jimenez, P.C.; Portela, T.A.; Silveira, E.R.; Hajdu, E.; Pessoa, C.; de Moraes, M.O.; Costa-Lotufo, L.V. (2007). Cytotoxic activity of hydroethanolic extracts of sponges (Porifera) collected at Pedra da Risca do Meio Marine State Park, Ceará State, Brazil. pp. 313–318. <i>In</i>: Custódio, M.R., Lôbo- Hajdu, G., Hajdu, E. & Muricy, G. (Eds.), Porifera Research: Biodiversity, Innovation and Sustainability. Série Livros, 28, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro,.
page(s): 314 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Muricy, G.; Moraes, F.C. (1998). Marine sponges of Pernambuco State, NE Brazil. <em>Revista Brasileira de Oceanografia.</em> 46 (2): 213-217.
page(s): 215 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Moraes, F.C.; Ventura, M.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Muricy, G. (2006). Biodiversidade de esponjas das ilhas oceânicas brasileiras. pp. 147–178 <i>In</i>: Alves, R.J.V. & Castro, J.W.A. (Eds.), Ilhas Oceânicas Brasileiras – da pesquisa ao manejo. Ministério do Meio Ambiente, Secretaria de Biodiversidade e Florestas, Brasília.
page(s): 167 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Moraes, F.C.; Vilanova, E.P.; Muricy, G. (2003). Distribuição das esponjas (Porifera) na Reserva Biológica do Atol das Rocas, Nordeste do Brasil. <em>Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Série Zoologia.</em> 61(1): 13-22.
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 11 [details]
additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 16-17 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Díaz, M.C.; Nuttall, M.; Pomponi, S.A.; Rützler, K.; Klontz, S.; Adams, C.; Hickerson, E.L.; Schmahl, G.P. (2023). An annotated and illustrated identification guide to common mesophotic reef sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hexactinellida, and Homoscleromorpha) inhabiting Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and vicinities. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1161: 1-68., available online at https://zoobank.org/4CE0D6C5-C304-4F74-8387-FCC71F8F8AC0 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 87-88 [details]
additional source 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): 105-106; fig 29-30 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zea, S. (1987). Esponjas del Caribe Colombiano. (Catálogo Cientifico: Bogotá, Colombia): 1-286. , available online at http://ISBN 958-9068-05-7
page(s): 202-205; fig 73 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lehnert, H. (1993). Die Schwämme von Cozumel (Mexiko). Bestandsaufnahme, kritischer Vergleich taxonomischer Merkmale, und Beschreibung einer neuen Art (The sponges from Cozumel (Mexico). Inventory, critical comparison of taxonomic characters and description of a new species. <em>Acta Biolologica Benrodis.</em> 5: 35-127 (in German, with abstracts in German and English).
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rützler, K.; Díaz, M.C.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Zea, S.; Smith, K.P.; Alvarez, B.; Wulff, J. (2000). Diversity of sponge fauna in mangrove ponds, Pelican Cays, Belize. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 476: 230-248.
page(s): 236 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 149 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hajdu, E.; Peixinho, S.; Fernandez, J.C.C. (2011). Esponjas Marinhas da Bahia - Guia de Campo e Laboratório. Série Livros 45. <em>Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro.</em> 276 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Muricy, G.; Esteves, E.L.; Moraes, F.C.; Santos, J.P.; da Silva, S.M.; Klautau, M.; Lanna, E. (2008). Biodiversidade Marinha da Bacia Potiguar. <em>Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Série Livros.</em> 29: 1-156.
page(s): 79 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 63-64 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ferreira, E.G.; Wilke, D.V.; Jimenez, P.C.; Portela, T.A.; Silveira, E.R.; Hajdu, E.; Pessoa, C.; de Moraes, M.O.; Costa-Lotufo, L.V. (2007). Cytotoxic activity of hydroethanolic extracts of sponges (Porifera) collected at Pedra da Risca do Meio Marine State Park, Ceará State, Brazil. pp. 313–318. <i>In</i>: Custódio, M.R., Lôbo- Hajdu, G., Hajdu, E. & Muricy, G. (Eds.), Porifera Research: Biodiversity, Innovation and Sustainability. Série Livros, 28, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro,.
page(s): 314 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Muricy, G.; Moraes, F.C. (1998). Marine sponges of Pernambuco State, NE Brazil. <em>Revista Brasileira de Oceanografia.</em> 46 (2): 213-217.
page(s): 215 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Moraes, F.C.; Ventura, M.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Muricy, G. (2006). Biodiversidade de esponjas das ilhas oceânicas brasileiras. pp. 147–178 <i>In</i>: Alves, R.J.V. & Castro, J.W.A. (Eds.), Ilhas Oceânicas Brasileiras – da pesquisa ao manejo. Ministério do Meio Ambiente, Secretaria de Biodiversidade e Florestas, Brasília.
page(s): 167 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Moraes, F.C.; Vilanova, E.P.; Muricy, G. (2003). Distribuição das esponjas (Porifera) na Reserva Biológica do Atol das Rocas, Nordeste do Brasil. <em>Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Série Zoologia.</em> 61(1): 13-22.
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 11 [details]
additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 16-17 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Díaz, M.C.; Nuttall, M.; Pomponi, S.A.; Rützler, K.; Klontz, S.; Adams, C.; Hickerson, E.L.; Schmahl, G.P. (2023). An annotated and illustrated identification guide to common mesophotic reef sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hexactinellida, and Homoscleromorpha) inhabiting Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and vicinities. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1161: 1-68., available online at https://zoobank.org/4CE0D6C5-C304-4F74-8387-FCC71F8F8AC0 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hymeniacidon amphilecta de Laubenfels, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Amphimedon ferox Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ectyoplasia ferox)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 59 proteins) (from synonym Amphimedon ferox Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 59 proteins)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 59 proteins) (from synonym Hymeniacidon amphilecta de Laubenfels, 1936)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Ectyoplasia ferox)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Ectyoplasia ferox)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Amphimedon ferox Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (30 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (5 records) (from synonym Hymeniacidon amphilecta de Laubenfels, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (6 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 22506) (from synonym Hymeniacidon amphilecta de Laubenfels, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 24469)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 004902.PR)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hymeniacidon amphilecta de Laubenfels, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Amphimedon ferox Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ectyoplasia ferox)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 59 proteins) (from synonym Amphimedon ferox Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 59 proteins)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 59 proteins) (from synonym Hymeniacidon amphilecta de Laubenfels, 1936)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Ectyoplasia ferox)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Ectyoplasia ferox)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Amphimedon ferox Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (30 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (5 records) (from synonym Hymeniacidon amphilecta de Laubenfels, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (6 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 22506) (from synonym Hymeniacidon amphilecta de Laubenfels, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 24469)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 004902.PR)
To ITIS
