WoRMS name details
Ectyon sparsus Gray, 1867
178348 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178348)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
- Variety Ectyon sparsus var. clavaeformis Carter, 1883 accepted as Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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. [details] 
Note This the type species of Ectyon Gray, 1867,...
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. Ectyon sparsus Gray, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178348 on 2025-04-05
Date
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2005-08-02 12:28:16Z
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Aracina, Claudia
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Nomenclature
original description
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. [details]
basis of record Carter, H.J. (1871). On two undescribed Sponges and two Esperiadae from the West Indies; also on the Nomenclature of the Calcisponge <i>Clathrina</i>, Gray. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 7(40):268-283, pl. XVII.
page(s): 270-273 [details]
basis of record Carter, H.J. (1871). On two undescribed Sponges and two Esperiadae from the West Indies; also on the Nomenclature of the Calcisponge <i>Clathrina</i>, Gray. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 7(40):268-283, pl. XVII.
page(s): 270-273 [details]
