World Register of Deep-Sea species

Deep-Sea name details

Gellius Gray, 1867

AphiaID

183660 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:183660)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Haliclona (Gellius) Gray, 1867

Rank

Genus

Parent

Chalinidae Bowerbank, 1862

Original name

Gellius Gray, 1867

Direct children (26)

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Species Gellius anatarius Lévi & Lévi, 1983 accepted as Haliclona (Flagellia) anataria (Lévi & Lévi, 1983) (genus transfer)
Species Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) angulata (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Species Gellius arnesenae Arndt, 1927 accepted as Hemigellius pumiceus (Fristedt, 1885)
Species Gellius bidens Topsent, 1901 accepted as Hemigellius bidens (Topsent, 1901) (genus transfer)
Species Gellius binarius Topsent, 1927 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) binaria (Topsent, 1927) (genus transfer)
Species Gellius bioxeata Boury-Esnault, Pansini & Uriz, 1994 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) bioxeata (Boury-Esnault, Pansini & Uriz, 1994) (genus transfer)
Species Gellius calyx Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Hemigellius calyx (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
Species Gellius canaliculatus Dendy, 1905 accepted as Oceanapia sagittaria (Sollas, 1902) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Gellius carduus Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) carduus (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
Species Gellius flabelliformis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) flabelliformis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
Species Gellius flagellifer Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Haliclona (Flagellia) flagellifera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
Species Gellius glacialis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) glacialis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
Species Gellius jugosus (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) fibulata (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Gellius lacazei Topsent, 1893 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) lacazei (Topsent, 1893) (genus transfer)
Species Gellius laevis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) laevis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
Species Gellius luridus Lundbeck, 1902 accepted as Gelliodes luridus (Lundbeck, 1902) (genus transfer)
Species Gellius macrosigma Topsent, 1890 accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) macrosigma (Topsent, 1890) (genus transfer)
Species Gellius megastoma Burton, 1928 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) megastoma Burton, 1928 (genus transfer)
Species Gellius microtoxa Lundbeck, 1902 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) microtoxa (Lundbeck, 1902) (genus transfer)
Species Gellius pedunculatus Lévi, 1993 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) claudelevii Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (genus transfer and preoccupied)
Species Gellius rudis Topsent, 1901 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) rudis (Topsent, 1901) (genus transfer)
Species Gellius tener Topsent, 1927 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) emilei Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (genus transfer and preoccupied)
Species Gellius textapatina de Laubenfels, 1926 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) textapatina (de Laubenfels, 1926) (genus transfer)
Species Gellius uncinatus Topsent, 1892 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) uncinata (Topsent, 1892) (genus transfer)
Species Gellius vagabundus (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Desmacella vagabunda Schmidt, 1870 (reverted genus transfer)
Species Gellius varius (Bowerbank, 1875) accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) varia (Bowerbank, 1875) (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [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. Gellius Gray, 1867. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183660 on 2026-09-07

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Gellius Gray, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183660 on 2026-09-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-10 08:38:08Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-01-02 15:31:04Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-01-04 10:22:14Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2020-03-09 13:29:20Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]

basis of record De Weerdt, W.H. (2002 [2004]). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

basis of record De Weerdt, W.H. (2002). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_91 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Language	Name
Japanese	フウセンカイメン属	[details]

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