Topsentia contorta
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Topsentia contorta Sarà, 1961
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: 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. Topsentia contorta Sarà, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132728 on 2026-08-29
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
is replaced by: 165809
modified: 2007-07-23T09:07:15Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Topsentia contorta Sarà, 1961
accepted name usage ID: 165809
class: Demospongiae
family: Halichondriidae
genus: Topsentia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Sarà, M. (1961). La fauna di Poriferi delle grotte delle isole Tremiti. Studio ecologico e sistematico. Archivio zoologico italiano. 46: 1-59,pls I-II.
name published in year: 1961
order: Suberitida
parent name usage ID: 131821
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: Sarà, 1961
specific epithet: contorta
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: unaccepted