Deep-Sea taxon details
Rhabdopectella tintinnus Schmidt, 1880
134406 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134406)
accepted
Species
Rhabdoplectella tintinnus · unaccepted (misspelling of genus name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. <i>In</i>: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena).
page(s): 62-64 [details]
page(s): 62-64 [details]
Type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean
type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean [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. Rhabdopectella tintinnus Schmidt, 1880. 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=134406 on 2026-10-13
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Rhabdopectella tintinnus Schmidt, 1880. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134406 on 2026-10-13
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Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. <i>In</i>: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena).
page(s): 62-64 [details]
taxonomy source Dohrmann, M.; Janussen, D.; Reitner, J.; Collins, A.G.; Wörheide, G. (2008). Phylogeny and evolution of glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida). <em>Systematic Biology.</em> 57: 388–405., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150802161088
page(s): 391 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Tabachnick, K.R. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Porifera. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 231–239., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.21 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002). Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_146 [details] Available for editors
additional source Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 108-109 [details]
additional source Tabachnick, K.R.; Menshenina, L.L. (2013). New data on glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida) of the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Part 2. Aphrocallistidae, Euretidae, Euplectellidae and Rossellidae (with descriptions of two new species of <i>Sympagella</i>). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 9: 469-487., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2012.749996
page(s): 475 [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 62-64 [details]
taxonomy source Dohrmann, M.; Janussen, D.; Reitner, J.; Collins, A.G.; Wörheide, G. (2008). Phylogeny and evolution of glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida). <em>Systematic Biology.</em> 57: 388–405., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150802161088
page(s): 391 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Tabachnick, K.R. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Porifera. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 231–239., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.21 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002). Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_146 [details] Available for editors
additional source Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 108-109 [details]
additional source Tabachnick, K.R.; Menshenina, L.L. (2013). New data on glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida) of the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Part 2. Aphrocallistidae, Euretidae, Euplectellidae and Rossellidae (with descriptions of two new species of <i>Sympagella</i>). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 9: 469-487., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2012.749996
page(s): 475 [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype MCZ PORa-9213, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Syntype ZMUB, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
From editor or global species database
Classification Awaits re-description. Assignment to Corbitellinae by Tabachnick (2002, Systema Porifera) is a misclassification based on an incomplete specimen. The species clearly belongs in Bolosominae (cf. Dohrmann et al. [2008, Syst. Biol. 57: Table 1, footnote c]). [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhabdopectella tintinnus)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Rhabdoplectella tintinnus)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 988) (from synonym Rhabdoplectella tintinnus)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 006645.PR)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhabdopectella tintinnus)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Rhabdoplectella tintinnus)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 988) (from synonym Rhabdoplectella tintinnus)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 006645.PR)
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