WoRMS name details
Sigmadocia amboinensis (Lévi, 1961)
221085 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221085)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Gellius amboinensis Lévi, 1961) Lévi, C. (1961). Éponges intercotidales de Nha Trang (Vietnam). <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 100: 127-148.
page(s): 143 [details]
page(s): 143 [details]
Description Encrusting, 2-5 cm wide, 4-7 mm thick. Surface undulating translucent "skin" over meandering subdermal canals. Oscules less...
Description Encrusting, 2-5 cm wide, 4-7 mm thick. Surface undulating translucent "skin" over meandering subdermal canals. Oscules less than 1 mm diameter and regularly spaced. Body barely compressible, brittle and slightly gritty. Colour icy blue to lavender, occasionally pale greenish-blue. Broods orange larve in pockets within sponge body. Habitat: overhangs on fringing reefs and under lower eulittoral boulders. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Sigmadocia amboinensis (Lévi, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221085 on 2024-04-23
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original description
(of Gellius amboinensis Lévi, 1961) Lévi, C. (1961). Éponges intercotidales de Nha Trang (Vietnam). <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 100: 127-148.
page(s): 143 [details]
additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kelly-Borges, M.; Bergquist, P.R. (1988). Sponges from Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. <em>Indo-Malayan Zoology.</em> 5: 121-159.
page(s): 146-147 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 143 [details]
additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kelly-Borges, M.; Bergquist, P.R. (1988). Sponges from Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. <em>Indo-Malayan Zoology.</em> 5: 121-159.
page(s): 146-147 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Encrusting, 2-5 cm wide, 4-7 mm thick. Surface undulating translucent "skin" over meandering subdermal canals. Oscules less than 1 mm diameter and regularly spaced. Body barely compressible, brittle and slightly gritty. Colour icy blue to lavender, occasionally pale greenish-blue. Broods orange larve in pockets within sponge body. Habitat: overhangs on fringing reefs and under lower eulittoral boulders. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details]
