African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Gilchristia reptans (Kirkpatrick, 1903)

Porifera name details

Gilchristia reptans (Kirkpatrick, 1903)

AphiaID

196500 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196500)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Protosuberites reptans (Kirkpatrick, 1903)

Rank

Species

Parent

Gilchristia Burton, 1928 accepted as Protosuberites Swartschewsky, 1905

Original name

Bubaris reptans Kirkpatrick, 1903

Environment

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

Original description

(of Bubaris reptans Kirkpatrick, 1903) Kirkpatrick, R. (1903). Descriptions of South African Sponges. Part III. Marine Investigations in South Africa. 2 (14): 233-264, pls V-VI.
page(s): 248 [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. Gilchristia reptans (Kirkpatrick, 1903). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=196500 on 2025-06-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-01-18 19:06:18Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (2)

original description (of Bubaris reptans Kirkpatrick, 1903) Kirkpatrick, R. (1903). Descriptions of South African Sponges. Part III. Marine Investigations in South Africa. 2 (14): 233-264, pls V-VI.
page(s): 248 [details]

basis of record 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. Records of the Indian Museum. 30 (1): 109-138. [details]