WoRMS name details
Gellius cymiformis
234353 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234353)
unaccepted (genus transfer and misspelling of species name)
Species
Gellius Gray, 1867 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) Gray, 1867
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spongia cymaeformis Esper, 1806) Esper, E.J.C. 1806. Fortsetzungen der Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. ZweyterTheil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 25-48, pls LXV-LXX
page(s): 43, plate LXIX figs 1-2 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 43, plate LXIX figs 1-2 [details] Available for editors
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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. Gellius cymiformis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234353 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spongia cymaeformis Esper, 1806) Esper, E.J.C. 1806. Fortsetzungen der Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. ZweyterTheil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 25-48, pls LXV-LXX
page(s): 43, plate LXIX figs 1-2 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 425; note: Although Ridley cited Esper's name correctly, he changed it without explanation. [details]
page(s): 43, plate LXIX figs 1-2 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 425; note: Although Ridley cited Esper's name correctly, he changed it without explanation. [details]
Other
additional source
Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1971). Éponges des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Madagascar). <em>Téthys.</em> Supplément 1: 51-126.
page(s): 112 [details]
additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1977). Sponge distribution in coral reefs and related areas in the vicinity of Tulear (Madagascar). <em>Proceedings of the Third International Coral Reef Symposium.</em> 1977, 113-117.
page(s): 116 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lévi, C. (1967). Démosponges Récoltées en Nouvelle-Calédonie par la Mission Singer-Polignac. <em>Expédition Française sur les récifs coralliens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, Paris.</em> 2: 13-28, pls I-III.
page(s): 24-25, Fig. 8; note: This species lives in association with the red algae Ceratodictyon spongiosum Zanardini, 1878. Sigmas are centrotylotes, which is unusual, and oxeas can be quite thick (compared to previous descripti...
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page(s): 112 [details]
additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1977). Sponge distribution in coral reefs and related areas in the vicinity of Tulear (Madagascar). <em>Proceedings of the Third International Coral Reef Symposium.</em> 1977, 113-117.
page(s): 116 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lévi, C. (1967). Démosponges Récoltées en Nouvelle-Calédonie par la Mission Singer-Polignac. <em>Expédition Française sur les récifs coralliens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, Paris.</em> 2: 13-28, pls I-III.
page(s): 24-25, Fig. 8; note: This species lives in association with the red algae Ceratodictyon spongiosum Zanardini, 1878. Sigmas are centrotylotes, which is unusual, and oxeas can be quite thick (compared to previous descripti...
This species lives in association with the red algae Ceratodictyon spongiosum Zanardini, 1878.
Sigmas are centrotylotes, which is unusual, and oxeas can be quite thick (compared to previous descriptions): this makes this identification a bit suspicious.
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
