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Porifera taxon details

Agelas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Agelas spicule

AphiaID

131771 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131771)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Agelasidae Verrill, 1907

Original name

Agelas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Synonymised names

Chalinopsis Schmidt, 1870 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Ectyon Gray, 1867 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Oroidea Gray, 1867 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Pachychalinopsis Schmidt, 1880 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)

Siphonochalinopsis Schmidt, 1880 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)

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Species Agelas axifera Hentschel, 1911
Species Agelas bakusi Sim & Kim, 2014
Species Agelas bispiculata Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Species Agelas braekmani Thomas, 1998
Species Agelas cavernosa Thiele, 1903
Species Agelas cerebrum Assmann, van Soest & Köck, 2001
Species Agelas cervicornis (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Agelas ceylonica Dendy, 1905
Species Agelas citrina Gotera & Alcolado, 1987
Species Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Agelas conifera (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Agelas dendromorpha Lévi, 1993
Species Agelas dilatata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Species Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Species Agelas flabelliformis (Carter, 1883)
Species Agelas fragum Sim & Kim, 2014
Species Agelas gracilis Whitelegge, 1897
Species Agelas inaequalis Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
Species Agelas incrustans Sim & Kim, 2014
Species Agelas kosrae Sim & Kim, 2014
Species Agelas linnaei De Voogd, Parra-Velandia & van Soest, 2008
Species Agelas marmarica Lévi, 1958
Species Agelas mauritiana (Carter, 1883)
Species Agelas nakamurai Hoshino, 1985
Species Agelas nemoechinata Hoshino, 1985
Species Agelas novaecaledoniae Lévi & Lévi, 1983
Species Agelas oroides (Schmidt, 1864)
Species Agelas oxeata sensu Lévi, 1961
Species Agelas oxeata Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019
Species Agelas purpurea Sim & Kim, 2014
Species Agelas repens Lehnert & van Soest, 1998
Species Agelas robusta Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
Species Agelas rudis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Species Agelas sansibarica Perino & Pronzato, 2016
Species Agelas sceptrum (Lamarck, 1815)
Species Agelas schmidtii Wilson, 1902
Species Agelas semiglaber Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
Species Agelas sventres Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
Species Agelas tubulata Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
Species Agelas vansoesti Sim & Kim, 2014
Species Agelas wiedenmayeri Alcolado, 1984
Species Agelas adriatica (Gray, 1867) accepted as Agelas oroides (Schmidt, 1864) (junior synonym)
Species Agelas albolutea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Cribrochalina vasculum (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Agelas arborescens (Lamarck, 1815) accepted as Agelas cervicornis (Schmidt, 1870) (nomen oblitum)
Species Agelas clavaeformis (Carter, 1883) accepted as Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)
Species Agelas cylindrica (Carter, 1883) accepted as Agelas cervicornis (Schmidt, 1870) (junior synonym)
Species Agelas longissima Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 accepted as Agelas cervicornis (Schmidt, 1870) (junior synonym)
Species Agelas mauritianus (Carter, 1883) accepted as Agelas mauritiana (Carter, 1883) (agreement in gender)
Species Agelas sceptre accepted as Agelas sceptrum (Lamarck, 1815) (misspelling of species name)
Species Agelas schmidti accepted as Agelas schmidtii Wilson, 1902 (misspelling)
Species Agelas sparsus (Gray, 1867) accepted as Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)
Species Agelas carpenteri (Gray, 1867) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Agelas fascicularis (Gray, 1867) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 76 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution A verticillated acanthostyle assumed to belong to this genus was found in an Eocene age drilling core south of Bermuda.

Distribution A verticillated acanthostyle assumed to belong to this genus was found in an Eocene age drilling core south of Bermuda. [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Agelas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131771 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2007-09-19 16:57:43Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2009-02-09 13:10:41Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2018-06-25 07:02:08Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2020-09-30 08:51:36Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 76 [details]

original description (of Chalinopsis Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 59 [details]

original description (of Ectyon Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 515 [details]

original description (of Oroidea Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]

original description (of Pachychalinopsis Schmidt, 1880) Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. In: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena). [details]

original description (of Siphonochalinopsis Schmidt, 1880) Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. In: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena). [details]

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Agelasidae Verrill, 1907. Pp. 819-823. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Agelasidae Verrill, 1907. Pp. 819-823. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Parra-Velandia, F.J.; Zea, S.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2014). Reef sponges of the genus Agelas (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the Greater Caribbean. Zootaxa. 3794(3): 301-344., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.1
page(s): 304-306 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record (of Ectyon Gray, 1867) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Agelasidae Verrill, 1907. Pp. 819-823. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]

basis of record (of Ectyon Gray, 1867) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Agelasidae Verrill, 1907. Pp. 819-823. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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basis of record (of Chalinopsis Schmidt, 1870) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Agelasidae Verrill, 1907. Pp. 819-823. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]

basis of record (of Chalinopsis Schmidt, 1870) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Agelasidae Verrill, 1907. Pp. 819-823. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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basis of record (of Oroidea Gray, 1867) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Agelasidae Verrill, 1907. Pp. 819-823. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]

basis of record (of Oroidea Gray, 1867) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Agelasidae Verrill, 1907. Pp. 819-823. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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