World Porifera Database - Species - Ectyon sceptrum (Lamarck, 1815)

WoRMS name details

Ectyon sceptrum (Lamarck, 1815)

AphiaID

362600 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:362600)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Agelas sceptrum (Lamarck, 1815)

Rank

Species

Parent

Ectyon Gray, 1867 accepted as Agelas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Original name

Alcyonium sceptrum Lamarck, 1815

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Alcyonium sceptrum Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [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. Ectyon sceptrum (Lamarck, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=362600 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-07-19 11:24:20Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

Licensing

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description (of Alcyonium sceptrum Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Topsent, E. (1933). Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Fin. Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris. 10: 1-60.
page(s): 33-34 [details] Available for editors

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