WoRMS name details
Gellius couchii (Bowerbank, 1874)
236312 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236312)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
Gellius Gray, 1867 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) Gray, 1867
- Variety Gellius couchii var. ceratina Ridley, 1884 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) ceratina (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Halichondria couchii Bowerbank, 1867) Bowerbank, J.S. (1867). Sponges. <i>In</i>: Jeffreys, J.G.,Hincks, T., Couch, J., Stewart, J., Rowe, J.B. & Bate, J.S. Report to the committee appointed to explore the marine fauna and flora of the Devon and Cornwall, no. 2. <em>Reports of the British Association.</em> 1867: 275-286. [details] 
Taxonomic remark The specimen allocated by Topsent 1897 to Gellius couchi (Bowerbank, 1874 has been allocated to Gellius amboinensis by...
Taxonomic remark The specimen allocated by Topsent 1897 to Gellius couchi (Bowerbank, 1874 has been allocated to Gellius amboinensis by Lévi 1961 [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. Gellius couchii (Bowerbank, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236312 on 2025-04-05
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
(of Halichondria couchii Bowerbank, 1867) Bowerbank, J.S. (1867). Sponges. <i>In</i>: Jeffreys, J.G.,Hincks, T., Couch, J., Stewart, J., Rowe, J.B. & Bate, J.S. Report to the committee appointed to explore the marine fauna and flora of the Devon and Cornwall, no. 2. <em>Reports of the British Association.</em> 1867: 275-286. [details]
new combination reference 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. [details]
new combination reference 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. [details]
Other
additional source
Topsent, E. (1897). Spongiaires de la Baie d'Amboine. (Voyage de MM. M. Bedot et C. Pictet dans l'Archipel Malais). <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 4: 421-487, pls 18-21.
note: Misapplication [details]
note: Misapplication [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark The specimen allocated by Topsent 1897 to Gellius couchi (Bowerbank, 1874 has been allocated to Gellius amboinensis by Lévi 1961 [details]
