|
WoRMS name details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Cliona abyssorum Carter, 1874) Carter, H.J. (1874). Descriptions and Figures of Deep-sea Sponges and their Spicules from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine', chiefly in 1869; with Figures and Descriptions of some remarkable Spicules from the Agulhas Shoal and Colon, Panama. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 14 (79): 207-221, 245-257, pls.XIII-XV. page(s): 249-250 [details] 
From editor or global species database
Status Based on the spicule combination of subtylostyles, smooth oxeas and helical microstrongyles the species should be a Spiroxya, rather than a Pione. Carter (1974) and Topsent (1904) already stated that the present species resembles other Spiroxya spp. [details]
|
| |