World Register of Deep-Sea species - Topsentia profunditatis (Schmidt, 1870)

Deep-Sea taxon details

Topsentia profunditatis (Schmidt, 1870)

AphiaID

165959 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165959)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Topsentia Berg, 1899

Original name

Pellina profunditatis Schmidt, 1870

Synonymised names

Pellina profunditatis Schmidt, 1870 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Pellina profunditatis Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 42 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Floridian

type locality contained in Floridian [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Topsentia profunditatis (Schmidt, 1870). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165959 on 2026-09-03

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Topsentia profunditatis (Schmidt, 1870). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165959 on 2026-09-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2007-08-28 15:23:15Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Pellina profunditatis Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 42 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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