WoRMS taxon details
Sceptrella insignis (Topsent, 1890)
167321 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167321)
accepted
Species
Latrunculia insignis Topsent, 1890 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Latrunculia insignis var. regularis Samaai & Krasokhin, 2002 · unaccepted > nomen nudum (unavailable name)
- Variety Sceptrella insignis var. regularis Samaai, Gibbons & Kelly, 2006 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Latrunculia insignis Topsent, 1890) Topsent, E. (1890). Notice préliminaire sur les spongiaires recueillis durant les campagnes de l'Hirondelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 15: 26-32, 65-71.
page(s): 69 [details]
(of Latrunculia insignis Topsent, 1890) Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 128; pl VIII fig 11 [details]
page(s): 69 [details]
(of Latrunculia insignis Topsent, 1890) Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 128; pl VIII fig 11 [details]
Type locality contained in Azores Canaries Madeira
type locality contained in Azores Canaries Madeira [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. (2026). World Porifera Database. Sceptrella insignis (Topsent, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167321 on 2026-01-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Latrunculia insignis Topsent, 1890) Topsent, E. (1890). Notice préliminaire sur les spongiaires recueillis durant les campagnes de l'Hirondelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 15: 26-32, 65-71.
page(s): 69 [details]
original description (of Latrunculia insignis Topsent, 1890) Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 128; pl VIII fig 11 [details]
original description (of Latrunculia insignis var. regularis Samaai & Krasokhin, 2002) Samaai, T.; Krasokhin, V. (2002). <i>Latrunculia oparinae</i> sp.nov. (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Latrunculiidae) from the Kurile Islands, Sea of Okhotsk, Russia. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 52 (8): 95-101.
page(s): 99; note: Error, mentioned only. [details]
page(s): 69 [details]
original description (of Latrunculia insignis Topsent, 1890) Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 128; pl VIII fig 11 [details]
original description (of Latrunculia insignis var. regularis Samaai & Krasokhin, 2002) Samaai, T.; Krasokhin, V. (2002). <i>Latrunculia oparinae</i> sp.nov. (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Latrunculiidae) from the Kurile Islands, Sea of Okhotsk, Russia. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 52 (8): 95-101.
page(s): 99; note: Error, mentioned only. [details]
Other
additional source
Longo, C.; Mastrototaro, F.; Corriero, G. (2005). Sponge fauna associated with a Mediterranean deep-sea coral bank. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 85: 1341-1352.
page(s): 1343 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sitjà, C.; Maldonado, M.; Farias, C.; Rueda, J.L. (2019). Deep-water sponge fauna from the mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz (North Atlantic, Spain). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 99 (4): 807 - 831., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315418000589
page(s): SUP MAT Appendix 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source D'Onghia, G.; Capezzuto, F.; Cardone, F.; Carlucci, R.; Carluccio, A.; Chimienti, G.; Corriero, G.; Longo, C.; Maiorano, P.; Mastrototaro, F.; Panetta, P.; Rosso, A.; Sanfilippo, R.; Sion, L.; Tursi, A. (2015). Macro- and megafauna recorded in the submarine Bari Canyon (southern Adriatic, Mediterranean Sea) using different tools. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 16(1): 180-196., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.1082
page(s): 184 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
page(s): 2158 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 1343 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sitjà, C.; Maldonado, M.; Farias, C.; Rueda, J.L. (2019). Deep-water sponge fauna from the mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz (North Atlantic, Spain). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 99 (4): 807 - 831., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315418000589
page(s): SUP MAT Appendix 1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source D'Onghia, G.; Capezzuto, F.; Cardone, F.; Carlucci, R.; Carluccio, A.; Chimienti, G.; Corriero, G.; Longo, C.; Maiorano, P.; Mastrototaro, F.; Panetta, P.; Rosso, A.; Sanfilippo, R.; Sion, L.; Tursi, A. (2015). Macro- and megafauna recorded in the submarine Bari Canyon (southern Adriatic, Mediterranean Sea) using different tools. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 16(1): 180-196., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.1082
page(s): 184 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
page(s): 2158 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Latrunculia insignis Topsent, 1890)
To PESI (from synonym Latrunculia insignis Topsent, 1890)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Latrunculia insignis Topsent, 1890)
To PESI
