World Register of Deep-Sea species - Haliclona (Gellius) megastoma Burton, 1928

Deep-Sea taxon details

Haliclona (Gellius) megastoma Burton, 1928

AphiaID

166541 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166541)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Haliclona (Gellius) Gray, 1867

Original name

Gellius megastoma Burton, 1928

Synonymised names

Gellius megastoma Burton, 1928 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Gellius megastoma Burton, 1928) Burton, M. (1928). Report on some Deep-Sea Sponges from the Indian Museum collected by R.I.M.S. ‘Investigator'. Part II. Tetraxonida (concluded) and Euceratosa. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 30 (1): 109-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v30/i1/1928/163204
page(s): 115 [details]

Type data

Holotype (of Gellius megastoma Burton, 1928) IMC 292,...

Holotype (of Gellius megastoma Burton, 1928) IMC 292, geounit Andaman and Nicobar Islands [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. Haliclona (Gellius) megastoma Burton, 1928. 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=166541 on 2026-07-10

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Haliclona (Gellius) megastoma Burton, 1928. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166541 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2008-01-05 19:47:38Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2020-08-16 15:05:26Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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original description (of Gellius megastoma Burton, 1928) Burton, M. (1928). Report on some Deep-Sea Sponges from the Indian Museum collected by R.I.M.S. ‘Investigator'. Part II. Tetraxonida (concluded) and Euceratosa. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 30 (1): 109-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v30/i1/1928/163204
page(s): 115 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype (of Gellius megastoma Burton, 1928) IMC 292, geounit Andaman and Nicobar Islands [details]

Definitions