Deep-Sea taxon details
Malacosaccus floricomatus Topsent, 1901
134403 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134403)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Topsent, E. (1901). Eponges nouvelles des Açores. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 14: 448-466.
page(s): 448-455 [details]
Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 25: 1-280, pls 1-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 33-37 [details]
page(s): 448-455 [details]
Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 25: 1-280, pls 1-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 33-37 [details]
Type locality contained in Azores Canaries Madeira
type locality contained in Azores Canaries Madeira [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. Malacosaccus floricomatus Topsent, 1901. 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=134403 on 2026-08-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Malacosaccus floricomatus Topsent, 1901. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134403 on 2026-08-09
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original description
Topsent, E. (1901). Eponges nouvelles des Açores. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 14: 448-466.
page(s): 448-455 [details]
original description Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 25: 1-280, pls 1-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 33-37 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Tabachnick, K.R. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Porifera. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 231–239., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.21 [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]
additional source Burton, M. (1928). Hexactinellida. <em>Danish Ingolf Expedition.</em> 6 (4): 1-18. [details]
additional source Arnesen, E. (1920 [1932]). Spongia. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition, 1910.</em> 3 (II): 1-29.
page(s): 7 [details]
additional source Tabachnick, K.R.; Menshenina, L.L. (2013). New data on glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida) of the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Part 2. Aphrocallistidae, Euretidae, Euplectellidae and Rossellidae (with descriptions of two new species of <i>Sympagella</i>). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 9: 469-487., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2012.749996
page(s): 473; note: Identified as 'aff.' [details] Available for editors
page(s): 448-455 [details]
original description Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 25: 1-280, pls 1-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 33-37 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Tabachnick, K.R. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Porifera. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 231–239., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.21 [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]
additional source Burton, M. (1928). Hexactinellida. <em>Danish Ingolf Expedition.</em> 6 (4): 1-18. [details]
additional source Arnesen, E. (1920 [1932]). Spongia. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition, 1910.</em> 3 (II): 1-29.
page(s): 7 [details]
additional source Tabachnick, K.R.; Menshenina, L.L. (2013). New data on glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida) of the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Part 2. Aphrocallistidae, Euretidae, Euplectellidae and Rossellidae (with descriptions of two new species of <i>Sympagella</i>). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 9: 469-487., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2012.749996
page(s): 473; note: Identified as 'aff.' [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type MNHN HT 22, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
