Deep-Sea taxon details
Thenea abyssorum Koltun, 1964
134104 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134104)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Koltun, V.M. (1964). Sponges (Porifera) collected in the Greenland seas and from the region to the north of the Spitzbergen and Franz Josef Land, from expeditions of the 'F. Litke' 1955, 'Obb' 1956 and 'Lena' 1957 and 1958. Scientific results of the higher latitudes. Oceanographic Expeditions to the northern part of the Greenland Sea and the adjacent arctic basin. <em>Publications Arctic Antarctic Scientific Institute.</em> 259: 143-166 in Russian. [details] Available for editors 
Holotype ZIRAS 6062, geounit Arctic Lower Bathyal Province
, Note Arctic Ocean
Holotype ZIRAS 6062, geounit Arctic Lower Bathyal Province [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Arctic Ocean [details]
Taxonomy Olga Sheiko of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg pointed out that Thenea...
Taxonomy Olga Sheiko of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg pointed out that Thenea abyssorum was originally named Thenea muricata abyssorum by Koltun (1959), but without description or figures this is a nomen nudum. Later, Koltun, 1964a provided a description and raised this to specific status. Authorship and date is taken from the latter reference in accordance with the ICZN rules. [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Thenea abyssorum Koltun, 1964. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134104 on 2025-12-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Thenea abyssorum Koltun, 1964. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134104 on 2025-12-01
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Koltun, V.M. (1964). Sponges (Porifera) collected in the Greenland seas and from the region to the north of the Spitzbergen and Franz Josef Land, from expeditions of the 'F. Litke' 1955, 'Obb' 1956 and 'Lena' 1957 and 1958. Scientific results of the higher latitudes. Oceanographic Expeditions to the northern part of the Greenland Sea and the adjacent arctic basin. <em>Publications Arctic Antarctic Scientific Institute.</em> 259: 143-166 in Russian. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Koltun, V.M. (1966). Four-rayed sponges of Northern and Far Eastern seas of the USSR (order Tetraxonida). Opredeliti Faunei SSSR 90. (Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR: Moscow, Leningrad): 1-112.
page(s): 37 [details]
additional source Steenstrup, E.; Tendal, O.S. 1982. The genus <i>Thenea</i> (Porifera. Demospongia, Choristida) in the Norwegian Sea and adjacent waters; an annotated key. Sarsia 67(4): 259-268.
page(s): 267 [details] Available for editors
additional source Koltun, V.M. 1959b. Donnaia fauna abissalnuich glubin Zhentralnovo Poljarnovo basseina [Fauna from the abyssal of central polar basin]. <i>Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. Seriya: Biologiya 129(3)</i>: 662-665 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cárdenas, P.; Rapp, H.T. (2012). A review of Norwegian streptaster-bearing Astrophorida (Porifera: Demospongiae: Tetractinellida), new records and a new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3253: 1-52., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/zt03253p053.pdf [details]
additional source Barthel, D.; Tendal, O.S. (1993). The sponge association of the abyssal Norwegian-Greenland Sea: species composition, substrate relationships and distribution. <em>Sarsia.</em> 78: 83-96.
page(s): 86 [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Koltun, V.M. (1966). Four-rayed sponges of Northern and Far Eastern seas of the USSR (order Tetraxonida). Opredeliti Faunei SSSR 90. (Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR: Moscow, Leningrad): 1-112.
page(s): 37 [details]
additional source Steenstrup, E.; Tendal, O.S. 1982. The genus <i>Thenea</i> (Porifera. Demospongia, Choristida) in the Norwegian Sea and adjacent waters; an annotated key. Sarsia 67(4): 259-268.
page(s): 267 [details] Available for editors
additional source Koltun, V.M. 1959b. Donnaia fauna abissalnuich glubin Zhentralnovo Poljarnovo basseina [Fauna from the abyssal of central polar basin]. <i>Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. Seriya: Biologiya 129(3)</i>: 662-665 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cárdenas, P.; Rapp, H.T. (2012). A review of Norwegian streptaster-bearing Astrophorida (Porifera: Demospongiae: Tetractinellida), new records and a new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3253: 1-52., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/zt03253p053.pdf [details]
additional source Barthel, D.; Tendal, O.S. (1993). The sponge association of the abyssal Norwegian-Greenland Sea: species composition, substrate relationships and distribution. <em>Sarsia.</em> 78: 83-96.
page(s): 86 [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZIRAS 6062, geounit Arctic Lower Bathyal Province [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Olga Sheiko of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg pointed out that Thenea abyssorum was originally named Thenea muricata abyssorum by Koltun (1959), but without description or figures this is a nomen nudum. Later, Koltun, 1964a provided a description and raised this to specific status. Authorship and date is taken from the latter reference in accordance with the ICZN rules. [details]Unreviewed
Holotype ZIL [details]Type locality Arctic Ocean [details]
