WoRMS taxon details
Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) macrosigma (Topsent, 1890)
168832 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168832)
accepted
Species
Coelosphaera macrosigma (Topsent, 1890) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Gellius macrosigma Topsent, 1890 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Xytopsoocha macrosigma (Topsent, 1890) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Gellius macrosigma Topsent, 1890) Topsent, E. (1890). Notice préliminaire sur les spongiaires recueillis durant les campagnes de l'Hirondelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 15: 26-32, 65-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.18721
page(s): 65-66 [details]
(of Gellius macrosigma Topsent, 1890) Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 77 [details]
page(s): 65-66 [details]
(of Gellius macrosigma Topsent, 1890) Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 77 [details]
Type locality contained in Azores Canaries Madeira
type locality contained in Azores Canaries Madeira [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. Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) macrosigma (Topsent, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168832 on 2026-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gellius macrosigma Topsent, 1890) Topsent, E. (1890). Notice préliminaire sur les spongiaires recueillis durant les campagnes de l'Hirondelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 15: 26-32, 65-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.18721
page(s): 65-66 [details]
original description (of Gellius macrosigma Topsent, 1890) Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 77 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 528-546. <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). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_57
page(s): 532 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 528-546. <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): 532 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 65-66 [details]
original description (of Gellius macrosigma Topsent, 1890) Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 77 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 528-546. <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). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_57
page(s): 532 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 528-546. <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): 532 [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Unknown type (of Gellius macrosigma Topsent, 1890) MNHN DT 1052, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gellius macrosigma Topsent, 1890)
To PESI (from synonym Gellius macrosigma Topsent, 1890)
To PESI (from synonym Coelosphaera macrosigma (Topsent, 1890))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Gellius macrosigma Topsent, 1890)
To PESI (from synonym Coelosphaera macrosigma (Topsent, 1890))
To PESI