WoRMS taxon details
Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
166666 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166666)
accepted
Species
Amphimedon arborescens (Lamarck, 1814) sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Amphimedon arborescens var. ensiformis Duchassing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Ceraochalina arborescens Topsent, 1932 · unaccepted
Haliclona (Amphimedon) compressa (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Haliclona rubens (sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) · unaccepted (genus transfer and synonym)
Pachychalina rubens (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia arborescens var. gamma Lamarck, 1814 · unaccepted (genus transfer and homonym)
Spongia rubens sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 78-79; pl XVII fig 2 [details]
page(s): 78-79; pl XVII fig 2 [details]
Lectotype ZMA Por. 00863, geounit Eastern Caribbean
Lectotype ZMA Por. 00863, 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 compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166666 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 78-79; pl XVII fig 2 [details]
original description (of Amphimedon arborescens var. ensiformis Duchassing & 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): 79 [details]
original description (of Spongia arborescens var. gamma Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 446 [details]
original description (of Spongia rubens sensu 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): 41; pl X fig 1 [details]
original description (of Amphimedon arborescens (Lamarck, 1814) sensu 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): 79; pl XIV fig 2 [details]
original description (of Ceraochalina arborescens Topsent, 1932) Topsent, E. (1932). Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Deuxième partie. <em>Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Paris.</em> (6) 8: 61-124, pls I-VI.
page(s): 104-106 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 78-79; pl XVII fig 2 [details]
original description (of Amphimedon arborescens var. ensiformis Duchassing & 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): 79 [details]
original description (of Spongia arborescens var. gamma Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 446 [details]
original description (of Spongia rubens sensu 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): 41; pl X fig 1 [details]
original description (of Amphimedon arborescens (Lamarck, 1814) sensu 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): 79; pl XIV fig 2 [details]
original description (of Ceraochalina arborescens Topsent, 1932) Topsent, E. (1932). Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Deuxième partie. <em>Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Paris.</em> (6) 8: 61-124, pls I-VI.
page(s): 104-106 [details] Available for editors
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context source (WoRCS)
Muricy, G.; Lage, A.; Sandes, J.; Klautau, M.; Pinheiro, U.; Laport, M.S.; de Oliveira, B.F.R.; Pequeno, C.B.; Lopes, M.V. (2024). Sponge Communities of Submarine Caves and Tunnels on the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Northeast Brazil. <em>Journal of Marine Science and Engineering.</em> 12, 657: 1-19., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/12/4/657 [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. (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): 26-29; fig 9 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. (1983). Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). <em>Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 9 (21): 189-205.
page(s): 197 [details]
additional source Zea, S. (1987). Esponjas del Caribe Colombiano. (Catálogo Cientifico: Bogotá, Colombia): 1-286. , available online at http://ISBN 958-9068-05-7
page(s): 72-75; fig 18 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 469 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lehnert, H. (1993). Die Schwämme von Cozumel (Mexiko). Bestandsaufnahme, kritischer Vergleich taxonomischer Merkmale, und Beschreibung einer neuen Art (The sponges from Cozumel (Mexico). Inventory, critical comparison of taxonomic characters and description of a new species. <em>Acta Biolologica Benrodis.</em> 5: 35-127 (in German, with abstracts in German and English).
page(s): 43-44 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rützler, K.; Díaz, M.C.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Zea, S.; Smith, K.P.; Alvarez, B.; Wulff, J. (2000). Diversity of sponge fauna in mangrove ponds, Pelican Cays, Belize. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 476: 230-248.
page(s): 237 [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 Vacelet, J. (1990). Les spongiaires. <i>in</i> Le Monde Marin. (ed. Claude Bouchon) pp 16-33. <em>La Grande Encyclopédie de la Caraïbe.</em> Editions Caraïbes, Pointe à Pitre.
page(s): 27 [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 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 Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 38 [details] Available for editors [request]
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. (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): 26-29; fig 9 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. (1983). Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). <em>Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 9 (21): 189-205.
page(s): 197 [details]
additional source Zea, S. (1987). Esponjas del Caribe Colombiano. (Catálogo Cientifico: Bogotá, Colombia): 1-286. , available online at http://ISBN 958-9068-05-7
page(s): 72-75; fig 18 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 469 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lehnert, H. (1993). Die Schwämme von Cozumel (Mexiko). Bestandsaufnahme, kritischer Vergleich taxonomischer Merkmale, und Beschreibung einer neuen Art (The sponges from Cozumel (Mexico). Inventory, critical comparison of taxonomic characters and description of a new species. <em>Acta Biolologica Benrodis.</em> 5: 35-127 (in German, with abstracts in German and English).
page(s): 43-44 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rützler, K.; Díaz, M.C.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Zea, S.; Smith, K.P.; Alvarez, B.; Wulff, J. (2000). Diversity of sponge fauna in mangrove ponds, Pelican Cays, Belize. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 476: 230-248.
page(s): 237 [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 Vacelet, J. (1990). Les spongiaires. <i>in</i> Le Monde Marin. (ed. Claude Bouchon) pp 16-33. <em>La Grande Encyclopédie de la Caraïbe.</em> Editions Caraïbes, Pointe à Pitre.
page(s): 27 [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 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 Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 38 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype ZMA Por. 00863, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Paralectotype MSNT Por. 35, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | red sponge [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Roter Geweihschwamm [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (67 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Haliclona rubens (sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Spongia arborescens var. gamma Lamarck, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Spongia rubens sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Amphimedon arborescens (Lamarck, 1814) sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphimedon compressa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haliclona rubens) (from synonym Haliclona rubens (sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Haliclona rubens (sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To GenBank (88 nucleotides; 99 proteins)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Amphimedon compressa)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Amphimedon compressa)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Amphimedon compressa)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Amphimedon arborescens (Lamarck, 1814) sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (24 records) (from synonym Haliclona (Amphimedon) compressa (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Pachychalina rubens (Pallas, 1766))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (34 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (7 records) (from synonym Haliclona rubens (sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 004897.PRB)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Haliclona rubens (sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Spongia arborescens var. gamma Lamarck, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Spongia rubens sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Amphimedon arborescens (Lamarck, 1814) sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphimedon compressa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haliclona rubens) (from synonym Haliclona rubens (sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Haliclona rubens (sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To GenBank (88 nucleotides; 99 proteins)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Amphimedon compressa)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Amphimedon compressa)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Amphimedon compressa)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Amphimedon arborescens (Lamarck, 1814) sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (24 records) (from synonym Haliclona (Amphimedon) compressa (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Pachychalina rubens (Pallas, 1766))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (34 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (7 records) (from synonym Haliclona rubens (sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 004897.PRB)
To ITIS
