WoRMS taxon details
Amorphinopsis excavans Carter, 1887
178562 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178562)
accepted
Species
Amorphinopsis excavans var. digitifera Annandale, 1915 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Amorphinopsis excavans var. excavans Carter, 1887 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Amorphinopsis excavans var. robinsonii Annandale, 1918 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Variety Amorphinopsis excavans var. digitifera Annandale, 1915 accepted as Amorphinopsis excavans Carter, 1887 (junior synonym)
- Variety Amorphinopsis excavans var. excavans Carter, 1887 accepted as Amorphinopsis excavans Carter, 1887 (junior synonym)
- Variety Amorphinopsis excavans var. mollis Annandale, 1924 accepted as Amorphinopsis mollis Annandale, 1924
- Variety Amorphinopsis excavans var. robinsonii Annandale, 1918 accepted as Amorphinopsis excavans Carter, 1887 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1887). Report on the Marine Sponges, chiefly from King Island, in the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 21(127-128): 61-84, pls 5-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1887.tb00381.x
page(s): 77 [details]
page(s): 77 [details]
Type locality contained in Andaman Sea Coral Coast
type locality contained in Andaman Sea Coral Coast [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. Amorphinopsis excavans Carter, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178562 on 2026-08-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Carter, H.J. (1887). Report on the Marine Sponges, chiefly from King Island, in the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 21(127-128): 61-84, pls 5-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1887.tb00381.x
page(s): 77 [details]
original description (of Amorphinopsis excavans var. robinsonii Annandale, 1918) Annandale, N. (1918). Zoological Results of a Tour in the Far East. Sponges. <em>Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 6: 193-217. [details]
original description (of Amorphinopsis excavans var. digitifera Annandale, 1915) Annandale, N. (1915). Some Sponges parasitic on Clionidae with further notes on that family. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 11 (6): 457-478, pl. XXXIV., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v11/i6/1915/163050
page(s): 469-470 [details]
basis of record Thomas, P.A. (1973). Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale. Sciences zoologiques.</em> (203): 1-96, pls 1-8. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 58-59 [details]
page(s): 77 [details]
original description (of Amorphinopsis excavans var. robinsonii Annandale, 1918) Annandale, N. (1918). Zoological Results of a Tour in the Far East. Sponges. <em>Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 6: 193-217. [details]
original description (of Amorphinopsis excavans var. digitifera Annandale, 1915) Annandale, N. (1915). Some Sponges parasitic on Clionidae with further notes on that family. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 11 (6): 457-478, pl. XXXIV., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v11/i6/1915/163050
page(s): 469-470 [details]
basis of record Thomas, P.A. (1973). Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale. Sciences zoologiques.</em> (203): 1-96, pls 1-8. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 58-59 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Alvarez, B.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2011). Taxonomic revision of the order Halichondrida (Porifera: Demospongiae) from northern Australia. Family Halichondriidae. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory.</em> 27: 55-84., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.287472
page(s): 57 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 57 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-816. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_84 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hooper, J.N.A.; Cook, S. de C.; Hobbs, L.J.; Kennedy, J.A. (1997). Australian Halichondriidae (Porifera: Demospongiae): I. Species from the Beagle Gulf. pp. 1-65. <i>In</i>: Hanley, J.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. and Larson, H.K. (Eds), Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.
page(s): 25-28 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 316-317 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lim, S.C.; de Voogd, N.J.; Tan, K.S. (2008). A guide to sponges of Singapore. Science Centre Singapore, pp. 1-173.
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Thomas, P.A.; Pillai, C.S.G.; Rajagopalan, M.S. (1996). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Kutch. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 8 (1-2): 124-132.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002[2004]). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-815. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Annandale, N. (1915). Some Sponges parasitic on Clionidae with further notes on that family. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 11 (6): 457-478, pl. XXXIV., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v11/i6/1915/163050
page(s): 467-469 [details]
[request]additional source Hooper, J.N.A.; Cook, S. de C.; Hobbs, L.J.; Kennedy, J.A. (1997). Australian Halichondriidae (Porifera: Demospongiae): I. Species from the Beagle Gulf. pp. 1-65. <i>In</i>: Hanley, J.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. and Larson, H.K. (Eds), Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.
page(s): 25-28 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 316-317 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lim, S.C.; de Voogd, N.J.; Tan, K.S. (2008). A guide to sponges of Singapore. Science Centre Singapore, pp. 1-173.
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Thomas, P.A.; Pillai, C.S.G.; Rajagopalan, M.S. (1996). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Kutch. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 8 (1-2): 124-132.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002[2004]). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-815. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Annandale, N. (1915). Some Sponges parasitic on Clionidae with further notes on that family. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 11 (6): 457-478, pl. XXXIV., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v11/i6/1915/163050
page(s): 467-469 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Holotype IM 6597/7 ZEV, BMNH 1981.10.14.3 [details]
