World Register of Deep-Sea species - Asbestopluma Topsent, 1901

Deep-Sea taxon details

Asbestopluma Topsent, 1901

AphiaID

131893 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131893)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cladorhizidae Dendy, 1922

Original name

Cladorhiza (Asbestopluma) Topsent, 1901

Synonymised names

Cometella Schmidt, 1870 · unaccepted (nomen oblitum)

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Subgenus Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) Topsent, 1901
1. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) agglutinans Vacelet, 2006
2. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) anisoplacochela Kelly & Vacelet, 2011
3. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) belgicae (Topsent, 1901)
4. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) bharatiyae Rengaiyan & Ingole, 2022
5. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) bihamatifera (Carter, 1876)
6. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) biserialis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
7. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) bitrichela Lopes, Bravo & Hajdu, 2011
8. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) californiana De Laubenfels, 1935
9. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) caribica Hestetun, Pomponi & Rapp, 2016
10. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) desmophora Kelly & Vacelet, 2011
11. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) flabellum Koltun, 1970
12. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) furcata Lundbeck, 1905
13. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) gemmae Goodwin, Berman, Downey & Hendry, 2017
14. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) gracilior (Schmidt, 1870)
15. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) indiyansis Rengaiyan & Ingole, 2022
16. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) inexpectata Lopes & Hajdu, 2014
17. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) jamescooki Hestetun, Rapp & Xavier, 2017
18. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) laminachela Hestetun, Rapp & Xavier, 2017
19. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) magnifica Lopes, Bravo & Hajdu, 2011
20. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) maxisigma Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2020
21. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) monticola Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2014
22. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) obae Koltun, 1964
23. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) pennatula (Schmidt, 1875)
24. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) pseudoisochela Hestetun, Rapp & Xavier, 2017
25. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) quadriserialis Tendal, 1973
26. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) ramosa Koltun, 1958
27. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) ramuscula Hestetun, Rapp & Xavier, 2017
28. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) rhaphidiophora Goodwin, Berman, Downey & Hendry, 2017
29. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) rickettsi Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2014
30. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) ruetzleri Hestetun, Tompkins-Macdonald & Rapp, 2017
31. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) sarsensis Goodwin, Berman, Downey & Hendry, 2017
32. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) sinuosa Costa & Bertolino, 2022
33. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) unguiferata Hestetun, Rapp & Xavier, 2017
34. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) voyager Lopes & Hajdu, 2014
35. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) wolffi Lévi, 1964
36. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) bilamellata Lévi, 1993 accepted as Lycopodina bilamellata (Lévi, 1993)
37. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) callithrix Hentschel, 1914 accepted as Lycopodina callithrix (Hentschel, 1914)
38. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) calyx Hentschel, 1914 accepted as Lycopodina calyx (Hentschel, 1914)
39. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) comata Lundbeck, 1905 accepted as Lycopodina comata (Lundbeck, 1905)
40. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) communis Lopes & Hajdu, 2014 accepted as Lycopodina communis (Lopes & Hajdu, 2014)
41. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) ecoprof Lopes & Hajdu, 2014 accepted as Lycopodina ecoprof (Lopes & Hajdu, 2014)
42. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) globularis Lévi, 1964 accepted as Lycopodina globularis (Lévi, 1964)
43. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) hadalis Lévi, 1964 accepted as Lycopodina hadalis (Lévi, 1964)
44. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) hypogea Vacelet & Boury-Esnault, 1996 accepted as Lycopodina hypogea (Vacelet & Boury-Esnault, 1996)
45. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) infundibulum (Levinsen, 1887) accepted as Lycopodina infundibulum (Levinsen, 1887)
46. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) lycopodium (Levinsen, 1887) accepted as Lycopodina lycopodium (Levinsen, 1887) (genus transfer)
47. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) microstrongyla Lopes, Bravo & Hajdu, 2011 accepted as Lycopodina microstrongyla (Lopes, Bravo & Hajdu, 2011)
48. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) parvula Hestetun, Fourt, Vacelet, Boury-Esnault & Rapp, 2015 accepted as Lycopodina parvula (Hestetun, Fourt, Vacelet, Boury-Esnault & Rapp, 2015)
49. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) rastrichela Hestetun, Fourt, Vacelet, Boury-Esnault & Rapp, 2015 accepted as Lycopodina rastrichela (Hestetun, Fourt, Vacelet, Boury-Esnault & Rapp, 2015)
50. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) rhaphidiophorus Goodwin, Berman, Downey & Hendry, 2017 accepted as Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) rhaphidiophora Goodwin, Berman, Downey & Hendry, 2017 (Gender of Asbestopluma is feminine, and the species name needs to be of the same gender if it is an adjective)
51. Species Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) symmetrica (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Abyssocladia symmetrica (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
Subgenus Asbestopluma (Helophloeina) Topsent, 1929
1. Species Asbestopluma (Helophloeina) delicata Lopes, Bravo & Hajdu, 2011
2. Species Asbestopluma (Helophloeina) formosa Vacelet, 2006
3. Species Asbestopluma (Helophloeina) keraia Goodwin, Berman, Downey & Hendry, 2017
4. Species Asbestopluma (Helophloeina) stylivarians (Topsent, 1929)
Subgenus Asbestopluma (Cotylina) Lundbeck, 1905 accepted as Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) Topsent, 1901 (junior synonym)
1. Species Asbestopluma (Cotylina) comata Lundbeck, 1905 accepted as Lycopodina comata (Lundbeck, 1905)
2. Species Asbestopluma (Cotylina) infundibulum (Levinsen, 1887) accepted as Lycopodina infundibulum (Levinsen, 1887)
Subgenus Asbestopluma (Lycopodina) Lundbeck, 1905 accepted as Lycopodina Lundbeck, 1905
1. Species Asbestopluma (Lycopodina) hydra Lundbeck, 1905 accepted as Lycopodina hydra (Lundbeck, 1905)
2. Species Asbestopluma (Lycopodina) lycopodium (Levinsen, 1887) accepted as Lycopodina lycopodium (Levinsen, 1887)
Species Asbestopluma bilamellata Lévi, 1993 accepted as Lycopodina bilamellata (Lévi, 1993) (genus transfer)
Species Asbestopluma globularis Lévi, 1964 accepted as Lycopodina globularis (Lévi, 1964) (genus transfer)
Species Asbestopluma hadalis Lévi, 1964 accepted as Lycopodina hadalis (Lévi, 1964)
Species Asbestopluma hypogea Vacelet & Boury-Esnault, 1996 accepted as Lycopodina hypogea (Vacelet & Boury-Esnault, 1996)
Species Asbestopluma infundibulum (Levinsen, 1887) accepted as Lycopodina infundibulum (Levinsen, 1887)
Species Asbestopluma occidentalis (Lambe, 1893) accepted as Lycopodina occidentalis (Lambe, 1893)
Species Asbestopluma agglutinans Vacelet, 2006 represented as Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) agglutinans Vacelet, 2006 (subgenus assignment)
Species Asbestopluma bihamatifera (Carter, 1876) represented as Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) bihamatifera (Carter, 1876)
Species Asbestopluma biserialis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) represented as Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) biserialis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Asbestopluma flabellum Koltun, 1970 represented as Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) flabellum Koltun, 1970
Species Asbestopluma formosa Vacelet, 2006 represented as Asbestopluma (Helophloeina) formosa Vacelet, 2006 (subgenus assignment)
Species Asbestopluma furcata Lundbeck, 1905 represented as Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) furcata Lundbeck, 1905 (subgenus assignment)
Species Asbestopluma monticola Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2004 represented as Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) monticola Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2014 (subgenus assignment)
Species Asbestopluma obae Koltun, 1964 represented as Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) obae Koltun, 1964
Species Asbestopluma pennatula (Schmidt, 1875) represented as Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) pennatula (Schmidt, 1875) (subgenus assignment)
Species Asbestopluma quadriserialis Tendal, 1973 represented as Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) quadriserialis Tendal, 1973 (subgenus assignment)
Species Asbestopluma ramosa Koltun, 1958 represented as Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) ramosa Koltun, 1958
Species Asbestopluma rickettsi Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2014 represented as Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) rickettsi Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2014
Species Asbestopluma wolffi Lévi, 1964 represented as Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) wolffi Lévi, 1964

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Cladorhiza (Asbestopluma) Topsent, 1901) Topsent, E. (1901). Spongiaires. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. ‘Belgica'en 1897-99 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. Expédition antarctique belge. Zoologie. 4: 1-54, pls I-VI., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2170
page(s): 23-27 [details]

(of Cladorhiza (Asbestopluma) Topsent, 1901) Topsent, E. (1901). Notice préliminaire sur les éponges recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique Belge. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale. (3) 9 (Notes et Revue): v-xvi. (look up in IMIS) [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. Asbestopluma Topsent, 1901. 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=131893 on 2026-07-10

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Asbestopluma Topsent, 1901. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131893 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2006-01-17 18:41:33Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2006-12-15 13:33:18Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2007-06-05 11:45:41Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2018-02-10 12:20:26Z

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Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2018-12-16 08:21:28Z

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Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2020-12-07 09:51:22Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Cometella Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 49 [details]

original description (of Cladorhiza (Asbestopluma) Topsent, 1901) Topsent, E. (1901). Spongiaires. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. ‘Belgica'en 1897-99 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. Expédition antarctique belge. Zoologie. 4: 1-54, pls I-VI., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2170
page(s): 23-27 [details]

original description (of Cladorhiza (Asbestopluma) Topsent, 1901) Topsent, E. (1901). Notice préliminaire sur les éponges recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique Belge. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale. (3) 9 (Notes et Revue): v-xvi. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Hajdu, E.; Vacelet, J. (2002 [2004]). Family Cladorhizidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 636-641. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

basis of record Hajdu, E.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Family Cladorhizidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 636-641. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) (2002). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_68 [details] Available for editors

additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Lundbeck, W. (1905). Porifera. (Part II.) Desmacidonidae. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 6(2):1-219.
page(s): 43 [details]

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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