World Porifera Database - Species - Coscinospongia thomasi (Sollas, 1888)

Deep-Sea name details

Coscinospongia thomasi (Sollas, 1888)

AphiaID

814563 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:814563)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)

Accepted name

Corallistes thomasi Sollas, 1888

Rank

Species

Parent

Coscinospongia Bowerbank, 1869 accepted as Leiodermatium Schmidt, 1870

Original name

Corallistes thomasi Sollas, 1888

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 307 [details]

(of Corallistes thomasi Sollas, 1888) Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 307 [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. Coscinospongia thomasi (Sollas, 1888). 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=814563 on 2025-05-10

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Coscinospongia thomasi (Sollas, 1888). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=814563 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-08-08 09:31:30Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

[taxonomic tree]

original description Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 307 [details]

original description (of Corallistes thomasi Sollas, 1888) Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 307 [details]

additional source Wilson, H.V. (1925). Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U.S. Fisheries Steamer ‘Albatross' during the Philippine Expedition,1907-10. pp. 273-532, pls 37-52. In: Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 100 (2, part 4).
page(s): 460 [details]

new combination reference Lendenfeld, R. von. (1903). Porifera. Tetraxonia. pp. vi-xv, 1-168. In: Schulze, Franz Eilhard (Ed.), Das Tierreich. 19. (Friedländer: Berlin).
page(s): 137 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)