WoRMS taxon details
Corallistes elegantissima Carter, 1880
171068 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171068)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Carter, H.J. (1880). Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar and presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt.W.H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 6(31):35-61, pls IV-VI; 129-156, pls VII, VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938009458893
page(s): 144-145 [details]
page(s): 144-145 [details]
Type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka
type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Corallistes elegantissima Carter, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171068 on 2026-06-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Carter, H.J. (1880). Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar and presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt.W.H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 6(31):35-61, pls IV-VI; 129-156, pls VII, VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938009458893
page(s): 144-145 [details]
page(s): 144-145 [details]
Other
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality