World Register of Deep-Sea species - Choanites ficus (Johnston, 1842)

Deep-Sea name details

Choanites ficus (Johnston, 1842)

AphiaID

430369 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:430369)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Suberites ficus (Johnston, 1842)

Rank

Species

Parent

Choanites Mantell, 1822 sensu de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Suberites Nardo, 1833

Original name

Halichondria ficus Johnston, 1842

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. (W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh). i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582
page(s): 144-146 [details]

Taxonomic 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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Choanites ficus (Johnston, 1842). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430369 on 2026-09-23

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Choanites ficus (Johnston, 1842). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430369 on 2026-09-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-11-11 13:55:53Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of ) Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. (W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh). i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582
page(s): 144-146 [details]

new combination reference Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg). Pp. 1-95, 15 pls.
page(s): 78-79 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To ITIS