WoRMS name details
Tisiphonia agariciformis (Kent, 1870)
416370 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:416370)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
Tisiphonia Thomson, 1869 accepted as Thenea Gray, 1867
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kent, W. Saville. (1870). On a New Anchoring Sponge, <i>Dorvillia agariciformis</i>. <em>Monthly Microscopical Journal 4(1).</em> 293-295, pl. LXVIfigs 1-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1870.tb01131.x [details] 
(of Dorvillia agariciformis Kent, 1870) Kent, W. Saville. (1870). On a New Anchoring Sponge, <i>Dorvillia agariciformis</i>. <em>Monthly Microscopical Journal 4(1).</em> 293-295, pl. LXVIfigs 1-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1870.tb01131.x [details]
(of Dorvillia agariciformis Kent, 1870) Kent, W. Saville. (1870). On a New Anchoring Sponge, <i>Dorvillia agariciformis</i>. <em>Monthly Microscopical Journal 4(1).</em> 293-295, pl. LXVIfigs 1-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1870.tb01131.x [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. Tisiphonia agariciformis (Kent, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416370 on 2026-08-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Kent, W. Saville. (1870). On a New Anchoring Sponge, <i>Dorvillia agariciformis</i>. <em>Monthly Microscopical Journal 4(1).</em> 293-295, pl. LXVIfigs 1-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1870.tb01131.x [details]
original description (of Dorvillia agariciformis Kent, 1870) Kent, W. Saville. (1870). On a New Anchoring Sponge, <i>Dorvillia agariciformis</i>. <em>Monthly Microscopical Journal 4(1).</em> 293-295, pl. LXVIfigs 1-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1870.tb01131.x [details]
original description (of Dorvillia agariciformis Kent, 1870) Kent, W. Saville. (1870). On a New Anchoring Sponge, <i>Dorvillia agariciformis</i>. <em>Monthly Microscopical Journal 4(1).</em> 293-295, pl. LXVIfigs 1-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1870.tb01131.x [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Thomson, C.W. (1873). The Depth of the Sea. An Account of the General Results of the Dredging Cruises of the H.M.SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning During the Summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870, Under the Scientific Direction of Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S. and Dr. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Macmillan and Co.: London, xxi + 527 pp., pls. I-VIII. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16330317 [details]
