WoRMS taxon details
Cervicornia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)
170419 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170419)
accepted
Species
Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Spheciospongia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Xestospongia tierneyi sensu Wiedenmayer, 1977 · unaccepted (genus transfer and misidentification)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Alcyonium cuspidiferum 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] 
Holotype (of Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815)...
, Type locality contained in Caribbean Sea
Holotype (of Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815) MNHN DT 652 [details]
type locality contained in Caribbean Sea [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. Cervicornia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170419 on 2025-01-11
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original description
(of Alcyonium cuspidiferum 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]
original description (of Xestospongia tierneyi sensu Wiedenmayer, 1977) Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 117-118 [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Rützler, K.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2000). Two new genera of Hadromerid sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 22(2) : 337-344.
page(s): 342-343; note: Cervicornia misspelled as Cerviconia on p. 342 right hand column. [details]
additional source Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 64 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4217: 1-225., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1
page(s): 168 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Putchakarn, S. (2007). Species diversity of marine sponges dwelling in coral reefs in Had Khanom—Mo Ko Thale Tai National Park, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 87(06): 1635-1642., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531540705833x
page(s): 1636, Table 1; note: Misapplication. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <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 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Xestospongia tierneyi sensu Wiedenmayer, 1977) Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 117-118 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Rützler, K.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2000). Two new genera of Hadromerid sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 22(2) : 337-344.
page(s): 342-343; note: Cervicornia misspelled as Cerviconia on p. 342 right hand column. [details]
additional source Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 64 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4217: 1-225., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1
page(s): 168 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Putchakarn, S. (2007). Species diversity of marine sponges dwelling in coral reefs in Had Khanom—Mo Ko Thale Tai National Park, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 87(06): 1635-1642., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531540705833x
page(s): 1636, Table 1; note: Misapplication. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <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 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815) MNHN DT 652 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | staghorn sponge | [details] |
| French | éponge de stalagtites renversés [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cervicornia cuspidifera)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cervicornia cuspidifera)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (11 records) (from synonym Spheciospongia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Xestospongia tierneyi sensu Wiedenmayer, 1977)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (9 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005718.PR)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cervicornia cuspidifera)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cervicornia cuspidifera)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (11 records) (from synonym Spheciospongia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Xestospongia tierneyi sensu Wiedenmayer, 1977)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (9 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005718.PR)
