WoRMS taxon details
Epipolasis spissa (Topsent, 1892)
265045 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265045)
accepted
Species
Haliclona (Gellius) spissa (Topsent, 1892) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Raphisia spissa (Topsent, 1892) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Rhaphisia spissa (Topsent, 1892) · unaccepted
Thrinacophora spissa Topsent, 1892 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Thrinacophora spissa Topsent, 1892) 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): 124-125 [details]
page(s): 124-125 [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. Epipolasis spissa (Topsent, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265045 on 2026-09-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Thrinacophora spissa Topsent, 1892) 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): 124-125 [details]
page(s): 124-125 [details]
Other
additional source
Van Soest, R.W.M.; Lavaleye, M.S.S. (2005). Diversity and abundance of sponges in bathyal coral reefs of Rockall Bank, NE Atalantic, from boxcore samples. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 1: 338-349., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000500380322
page(s): Table II [details] Available for editors
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page(s): Table II [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type (of Thrinacophora spissa Topsent, 1892) MNHN DT 1050, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Thrinacophora spissa Topsent, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Raphisia spissa (Topsent, 1892))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epipolasis spissa)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Thrinacophora spissa Topsent, 1892)
To PESI (from synonym Haliclona (Gellius) spissa (Topsent, 1892))
To PESI (from synonym Thrinacophora spissa Topsent, 1892)
To PESI
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Raphisia spissa (Topsent, 1892))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epipolasis spissa)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Thrinacophora spissa Topsent, 1892)
To PESI (from synonym Haliclona (Gellius) spissa (Topsent, 1892))
To PESI (from synonym Thrinacophora spissa Topsent, 1892)
To PESI
