WoRMS taxon details
Amphimedon complanata (Duchassaing, 1850)
166665 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166665)
accepted
Species
Haliclona (Amphimedon) complanata (Duchassaing, 1850) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Pachychalina variabilis Dendy, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia manus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850) Duchassaing de Fontbressin, P. (1850). Animaux radiaires des Antilles. (Plon Frères: Paris): 1-35, pls 1-2., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6524263d/f7.image
page(s): 26 [details]
page(s): 26 [details]
Lectotype (of Spongia complanata Duchassaing de...
Holotype (of Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850) BMNH 1928.11.12.63, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Lectotype (of Spongia fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) ZMA Por. 02086, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Lectotype (of Spongia manus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 113, geounit Eastern Caribbean [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. Amphimedon complanata (Duchassaing, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166665 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pachychalina variabilis Dendy, 1887) Dendy, A. (1887). Observations on the West Indian Chalininae, with description of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1887: 503-507.
page(s): 504 [details]
original description (of Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850) Duchassaing de Fontbressin, P. (1850). Animaux radiaires des Antilles. (Plon Frères: Paris): 1-35, pls 1-2., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6524263d/f7.image
page(s): 26 [details]
original description (of Spongia fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 38 [details]
original description (of Spongia manus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 39-40; pl V fig 1-2 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (1980). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 104. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 62 (191): 1-173.
page(s): 31-33 [details]
page(s): 504 [details]
original description (of Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850) Duchassaing de Fontbressin, P. (1850). Animaux radiaires des Antilles. (Plon Frères: Paris): 1-35, pls 1-2., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6524263d/f7.image
page(s): 26 [details]
original description (of Spongia fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 38 [details]
original description (of Spongia manus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 39-40; pl V fig 1-2 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (1980). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 104. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 62 (191): 1-173.
page(s): 31-33 [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Lam KKY. (2001). Algal and sessile invertebrate recruitment onto an experimental PFA-concrete artificial reef in Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Asian Marine Biology 17. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 55-76. [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 19 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 103 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sarmento, F.; Correia, M.D. (2002). Descrição de parâmetros ecológicos e morfológicos externos dos poríferos no recife de coral da Ponta Verde, Maceió, Alagoas, Brasil. <em>Revista Brasileira de Zoociências.</em> 4(2): 215–226.
page(s): 221 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ulgalde, D., Gómez, P. & Simôes, N. (2015). Marine sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the Gulf of México, new records and redescription of <i>Erylus trisphaerus</i> (de Laubenfels, 1953). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3911 (2): 151-183., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3911.2.1
page(s): 174-175; fig 18A-C [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 91 [details]
additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 168 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 19 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 103 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sarmento, F.; Correia, M.D. (2002). Descrição de parâmetros ecológicos e morfológicos externos dos poríferos no recife de coral da Ponta Verde, Maceió, Alagoas, Brasil. <em>Revista Brasileira de Zoociências.</em> 4(2): 215–226.
page(s): 221 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ulgalde, D., Gómez, P. & Simôes, N. (2015). Marine sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the Gulf of México, new records and redescription of <i>Erylus trisphaerus</i> (de Laubenfels, 1953). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3911 (2): 151-183., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3911.2.1
page(s): 174-175; fig 18A-C [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 91 [details]
additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 168 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850) BMNH 1928.11.12.63, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Lectotype (of Spongia fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) ZMA Por. 02086, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Lectotype (of Spongia manus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 113, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Paralectotype (of Spongia manus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) ZMA Por. 02095, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pachychalina variabilis Dendy, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Spongia fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Spongia manus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphimedon complanata)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (12 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 009120.PR)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pachychalina variabilis Dendy, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Spongia fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Spongia manus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphimedon complanata)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (12 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 009120.PR)
