WoRMS name details
Samus complicatus Carter, 1880
193405 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193405)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
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): 61, pl. V (fig. 27) [details]
page(s): 61, pl. V (fig. 27) [details]
Type locality contained in Seychelles
type locality contained in Seychelles [details]
Description This species is based entirely on a single spicule (cladocalthrops), reminiscent of Theonellidae 'lithistid'.
Description This species is based entirely on a single spicule (cladocalthrops), reminiscent of Theonellidae 'lithistid'. [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. Samus complicatus Carter, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=193405 on 2026-06-07
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Nomenclature
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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): 61, pl. V (fig. 27) [details]
page(s): 61, pl. V (fig. 27) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Description This species is based entirely on a single spicule (cladocalthrops), reminiscent of Theonellidae 'lithistid'. [details]
