Deep-Sea taxon details
Antho (Antho) dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1767)
167882 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167882)
accepted
Species
Clathria dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Dictyocylindrus abyssorum Carter, 1876 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1299 [details]
page(s): 1299 [details]
Taxonomy This species is frequently ascribed to Esper (1794), but Linnaeus (1767) named it already and referred to Gunnerus (1768),...
Taxonomy This species is frequently ascribed to Esper (1794), but Linnaeus (1767) named it already and referred to Gunnerus (1768), which shows a clear figure in pl. 5 fig. 1. [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. Antho (Antho) dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1767). 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=167882 on 2026-04-26
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Antho (Antho) dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167882 on 2026-04-26
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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original description
(of Dictyocylindrus abyssorum Carter, 1876) Carter, H.J. (1876). Descriptions and Figures of Deep-Sea Sponges and their Spicules, from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine', chiefly in 1869 (concluded). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 18(105): 226-240; (106): 307-324; (107): 388-410;(108): 458-479, pls XII-XVI., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937608682078
page(s): 232-234 [details]
original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1299 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Picton, B.E.; Morrow, C. (2000). Sponges of the North East Atlantic. <em>In: World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series, Windows/Mac version 1.0.</em> (ETI, University of Amsterdam:Amsterdam), available online at http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=sponges&id=104&menuentry=soorten., available online at http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=sponges&id=104&menuentry=soorten [details]
page(s): 232-234 [details]
original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1299 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Picton, B.E.; Morrow, C. (2000). Sponges of the North East Atlantic. <em>In: World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series, Windows/Mac version 1.0.</em> (ETI, University of Amsterdam:Amsterdam), available online at http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=sponges&id=104&menuentry=soorten., available online at http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=sponges&id=104&menuentry=soorten [details]
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Taxonomy This species is frequently ascribed to Esper (1794), but Linnaeus (1767) named it already and referred to Gunnerus (1768), which shows a clear figure in pl. 5 fig. 1. [details]
