WoRMS name details
Aciculites geminum (Schmidt, 1879)
171176 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171176)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tremaulidium geminum Schmidt, 1879) Schmidt, O. (1879). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Abtheilung I. Heft I. Pp. 1-32, pls I-IV. <i>In</i>:Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer: Jena).
page(s): 31-32 [details]
page(s): 31-32 [details]
Taxonomy Sollas (1888) and Pisera & Lévi (2002) associate Tremaulidium geminum with Siphonidium, while Van Soest & Stentoft (1988)...
Taxonomy Sollas (1888) and Pisera & Lévi (2002) associate Tremaulidium geminum with Siphonidium, while Van Soest & Stentoft (1988) suggest it could be an Aciculites. Neither assignments are well-based and the species is unrecognizable and incertae sedis. [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. Aciculites geminum (Schmidt, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171176 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tremaulidium geminum Schmidt, 1879) Schmidt, O. (1879). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Abtheilung I. Heft I. Pp. 1-32, pls I-IV. <i>In</i>:Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer: Jena).
page(s): 31-32 [details]
page(s): 31-32 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stentoft, N. (1988). Barbados Deep-Water Sponges. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 122. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao andother Caribbean Islands.</em> 70(215): 1-175. [details]
Other
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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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Sollas (1888) and Pisera & Lévi (2002) associate Tremaulidium geminum with Siphonidium, while Van Soest & Stentoft (1988) suggest it could be an Aciculites. Neither assignments are well-based and the species is unrecognizable and incertae sedis. [details]
