WoRMS name details
Samus anonyma Gray, 1867
134357 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134357)
unaccepted (agreement in gender)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 350-351 [details]
page(s): 350-351 [details]
Holotype BMNH 1877.5.21.221, geounit Eastern Brazil
Holotype BMNH 1877.5.21.221, geounit Eastern Brazil [details]
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. Samus anonyma Gray, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134357 on 2025-04-05
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Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 350-351 [details]
page(s): 350-351 [details]
Other
additional source
Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 180-181 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Lévi, C. (1959). Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la ‘Calypso'. Campagne de la ‘Calypso' dans le Golfe de Guinée et aux îles Principe, São Tomé et Annobon. 5. Spongiaires. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 37 (4): 115-141, pls 5-6.
page(s): 121; fig 7 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sollas, I.B.J. (1902). On the Sponges collected during the ‘Skeat Expedition' to the Malay Peninsula 1899-1900. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 2: 210-221.
page(s): 218; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1973). Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale. Sciences zoologiques.</em> (203): 1-96, pls 1-8. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 85-86; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1979). Studies on sponges of the Mozambique channel. I. Sponges of the Inhaca Island. II. Sponges of Mambone and Paradise Islands. <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Sciences zoologiques.</em> 227: 1-73, pls I-III.
page(s): 67; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1972). Boring sponges of the reefs of Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>Proceedings of the Symposium on Coral and Coral Reefs. (Marine Biological Association of India).</em> 333-362.
page(s): 358-359; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 354; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
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additional source Vacelet, J. (1976). Inventaire des Spongiaires du Parc national de Port-Cros (Var). <em>Travaux scientifiques du Parc national de Port-Cros.</em> 2, 167-186.
page(s): 174 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1950). The Porifera of the Bermuda archipelago. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 27(1): 1-154.
page(s): 130-131 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 180-181 [details] Available for editors

additional source Lévi, C. (1959). Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la ‘Calypso'. Campagne de la ‘Calypso' dans le Golfe de Guinée et aux îles Principe, São Tomé et Annobon. 5. Spongiaires. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 37 (4): 115-141, pls 5-6.
page(s): 121; fig 7 [details] Available for editors

additional source Sollas, I.B.J. (1902). On the Sponges collected during the ‘Skeat Expedition' to the Malay Peninsula 1899-1900. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 2: 210-221.
page(s): 218; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1973). Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale. Sciences zoologiques.</em> (203): 1-96, pls 1-8. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 85-86; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1979). Studies on sponges of the Mozambique channel. I. Sponges of the Inhaca Island. II. Sponges of Mambone and Paradise Islands. <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Sciences zoologiques.</em> 227: 1-73, pls I-III.
page(s): 67; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1972). Boring sponges of the reefs of Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>Proceedings of the Symposium on Coral and Coral Reefs. (Marine Biological Association of India).</em> 333-362.
page(s): 358-359; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 354; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors

additional source Vacelet, J. (1976). Inventaire des Spongiaires du Parc national de Port-Cros (Var). <em>Travaux scientifiques du Parc national de Port-Cros.</em> 2, 167-186.
page(s): 174 [details] Available for editors

additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1950). The Porifera of the Bermuda archipelago. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 27(1): 1-154.
page(s): 130-131 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]





Holotype BMNH 1877.5.21.221, geounit Eastern Brazil [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Specimen M.R.A.C. no 556 [details]