WoRMS name details
Gellius massa (Carter, 1882)
235904 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235904)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
Gellius Gray, 1867 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) Gray, 1867
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Fibularia massa Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up [details] 
Taxonomy This is Fibularia massa Carter, 1882, transferred to Gellius by Arndt, 1927, but now considered a junior synonym of...
Taxonomy This is Fibularia massa Carter, 1882, transferred to Gellius by Arndt, 1927, but now considered a junior synonym of Neofibularia nolitangere (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864). Arndt (1927) subsequently replaced the homonym Gellius massa Arnesen, 1903 by Gellius arnesenae Arndt, 1927. [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. Gellius massa (Carter, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235904 on 2025-05-17
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(of Fibularia massa Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up [details]
new combination reference Arndt, W. (1927). Kalk- und Kieselschwämme von Curaçao. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 25: 133-158, pls I-III. [details]
new combination reference Arndt, W. (1927). Kalk- und Kieselschwämme von Curaçao. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 25: 133-158, pls I-III. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy This is Fibularia massa Carter, 1882, transferred to Gellius by Arndt, 1927, but now considered a junior synonym of Neofibularia nolitangere (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864). Arndt (1927) subsequently replaced the homonym Gellius massa Arnesen, 1903 by Gellius arnesenae Arndt, 1927. [details]
