Deep-Sea name details
Gellius flagellifer Ridley & Dendy, 1886
234465 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234465)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
Gellius Gray, 1867 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) Gray, 1867
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1886). Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Part I. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 18: 325-351, 470-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459998
page(s): 333 [details]
Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 42-43 [details]
page(s): 333 [details]
Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 42-43 [details]
Holotype BMNH 1887.5.2.252, geounit Prince Edward Islands
Holotype BMNH 1887.5.2.252, geounit Prince Edward Islands [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. Gellius flagellifer Ridley & Dendy, 1886. 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=234465 on 2026-08-17
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Gellius flagellifer Ridley & Dendy, 1886. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234465 on 2026-08-17
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original description
Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1886). Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Part I. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 18: 325-351, 470-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459998
page(s): 333 [details]
original description Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 42-43 [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 Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). <i>Flagellia</i>, a new subgenus of <i>Haliclona</i> (Porifera, Haplosclerida). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 351: 1-48., available online at http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/476
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors
additional source Stephens, J. (1921 [1920]). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. II. The Tetraxonida (concluded). <em>Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch. Department of Agriculture for Ireland.</em> 1920 (2): 1-75, pls I-VI.
page(s): 5-6; note: Misapplication: This concerns Haliclona (Flagellia) hiberniae Van Soest, 2017. [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1896). Éponges [Sponges], <B><I>in</I></B>: Koehler, R. (Ed.) (1896). <i>Scientific results of the <i>Caudan</i> campaign in the Gulf of Biscay, August-September 1895</i>. <em>Annales de l'Université de Lyon.</em> 26: pp. 276-295, 7 plates. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 281; note: Misapplication: This concerns Haliclona (Flagellia) porosa (Fristedt, 1887). [details]
additional source 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): 231-232; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Uriz, M.J. (1984). Descripción de nuevas esponjas del litoral de Namibia (sudoeste de África). <em>Resultados Expediciones Científicas.</em> 12: 107-116.
page(s): 114; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
additional source Uriz, M.J. (1987). Sponges from the south-west of Africa: description of species. <i>In</i>: Jones WC (ed) European contributions to the taxonomy of sponges. <em>Publications of the Sherkin Island Marine Station.</em> 1, 54-73.
page(s): 68-70; note: Misapplication: This does not conform to the type. [details]
additional source Uriz, M.J. (1988). Deep-water sponges from the continental shelf and slope off Namibia (Southwest Africa): Classses Hexactinellida and Demospongia. <em>Monografías de Zoología Marina.</em> 3: 9-157.
page(s): 94-95; note: Misapplication: This does not conform to the type. [details] Available for editors
additional source Vacelet, J. (1969). Eponges de la Roche du Large et de l'étage bathyal de Méditerranée (Récoltes de la soucoupe plongeante Cousteau et dragages). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A, Zoologie).</em> 59(2): 145-219, pls I-IV.
page(s): 209; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
additional source Stephens, J. (1917). Report on the sponges collected off the coasts of Ireland by the dredging expeditions of the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Dublin Society. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 34 (B): 1-16.
page(s): 5-6; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Lambe, L.M. (1896). Sponges from the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada.</em> 2 (2): 181-211, pls. I-III.
page(s): 185; note: Misapplication: This concerns Haliclona (Flagellia) porosa (Fristedt, 1887). [details]
additional source Boury-Esnault, N.; Van Beveren, M. (1982). Les Démosponges du plateau continental de Kerguelen-Heard. <em>Comité national français des recherches antarctiques.</em> 52: 1-175.
page(s): 111 & 113; fig 34a-c; note: Misapplication: This does not conform to the type. [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1928). Report on some Deep-Sea Sponges from the Indian Museum collected by R.I.M.S. ‘Investigator'. Part II. Tetraxonida (concluded) and Euceratosa. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 30 (1): 109-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v30/i1/1928/163204
page(s): 114; note: Misapplication: This does not conform to the type. [details]
additional source Dendy, A. (1922). Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S.'Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <i>In</i>: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Vol. 7. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 18 (1): 1-164, pls 1-18., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1922.tb00547.x
page(s): 26-27; note: Misapplication: This concerns Haliclona (Flagellia) amirantensis. [details]
additional source Dendy, A. (1924). Porifera. Part I. Non-Antarctic sponges. Natural History Report. <em>British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910 (Zoology).</em> 6 (3): 269-392, pls I-XV.
page(s): 320-321 [details]
additional source Lévi, C. (1969). Spongiaires du Vema Seamount (Atlantique Sud). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 41(4): 952-973.
page(s): 969; note: Misapplication: This does not conform to the type. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lévi, C. (1993). Porifera Demospongiae: Spongiaires bathyaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie, récoltés par le 'Jean Charcot' Campagne BIOCAL, 1985. In: A. Crosnier (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 11. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national de l'Histoire naturelle, (A).</em> 158: 9-87. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 62-63; note: Misapplication: This does not conform to the type. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lundbeck, W. (1902). Porifera. (Part I.) Homorrhaphidae and Heterorrhaphidae. <em>In: The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 6(1). (Bianco Luno: Copenhagen).</em> Pp. 1-108, pls I-XIX, 1 map.
page(s): 71-73; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1978). Report on a Collection of Sponges from the Bay of Naples. III Hadromerida, Axinellida, Poecilosclerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida. <em>Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universitá di Genova.</em> 45: 7-89.
page(s): 80; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Rezvoi, P. (1928). Contribution to the fauna of Porifera in the Barents Sea. <em>Transactions of the Institute for the scientific exploration of the North.</em> 37: 67-95 (in Russian with English summary).
page(s): 91 [details]
page(s): 333 [details]
original description Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 42-43 [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 Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). <i>Flagellia</i>, a new subgenus of <i>Haliclona</i> (Porifera, Haplosclerida). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 351: 1-48., available online at http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/476
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors
additional source Stephens, J. (1921 [1920]). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. II. The Tetraxonida (concluded). <em>Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch. Department of Agriculture for Ireland.</em> 1920 (2): 1-75, pls I-VI.
page(s): 5-6; note: Misapplication: This concerns Haliclona (Flagellia) hiberniae Van Soest, 2017. [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1896). Éponges [Sponges], <B><I>in</I></B>: Koehler, R. (Ed.) (1896). <i>Scientific results of the <i>Caudan</i> campaign in the Gulf of Biscay, August-September 1895</i>. <em>Annales de l'Université de Lyon.</em> 26: pp. 276-295, 7 plates. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 281; note: Misapplication: This concerns Haliclona (Flagellia) porosa (Fristedt, 1887). [details]
additional source 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): 231-232; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Uriz, M.J. (1984). Descripción de nuevas esponjas del litoral de Namibia (sudoeste de África). <em>Resultados Expediciones Científicas.</em> 12: 107-116.
page(s): 114; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
additional source Uriz, M.J. (1987). Sponges from the south-west of Africa: description of species. <i>In</i>: Jones WC (ed) European contributions to the taxonomy of sponges. <em>Publications of the Sherkin Island Marine Station.</em> 1, 54-73.
page(s): 68-70; note: Misapplication: This does not conform to the type. [details]
additional source Uriz, M.J. (1988). Deep-water sponges from the continental shelf and slope off Namibia (Southwest Africa): Classses Hexactinellida and Demospongia. <em>Monografías de Zoología Marina.</em> 3: 9-157.
page(s): 94-95; note: Misapplication: This does not conform to the type. [details] Available for editors
additional source Vacelet, J. (1969). Eponges de la Roche du Large et de l'étage bathyal de Méditerranée (Récoltes de la soucoupe plongeante Cousteau et dragages). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A, Zoologie).</em> 59(2): 145-219, pls I-IV.
page(s): 209; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
additional source Stephens, J. (1917). Report on the sponges collected off the coasts of Ireland by the dredging expeditions of the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Dublin Society. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 34 (B): 1-16.
page(s): 5-6; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Lambe, L.M. (1896). Sponges from the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada.</em> 2 (2): 181-211, pls. I-III.
page(s): 185; note: Misapplication: This concerns Haliclona (Flagellia) porosa (Fristedt, 1887). [details]
additional source Boury-Esnault, N.; Van Beveren, M. (1982). Les Démosponges du plateau continental de Kerguelen-Heard. <em>Comité national français des recherches antarctiques.</em> 52: 1-175.
page(s): 111 & 113; fig 34a-c; note: Misapplication: This does not conform to the type. [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1928). Report on some Deep-Sea Sponges from the Indian Museum collected by R.I.M.S. ‘Investigator'. Part II. Tetraxonida (concluded) and Euceratosa. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 30 (1): 109-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v30/i1/1928/163204
page(s): 114; note: Misapplication: This does not conform to the type. [details]
additional source Dendy, A. (1922). Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S.'Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <i>In</i>: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Vol. 7. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 18 (1): 1-164, pls 1-18., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1922.tb00547.x
page(s): 26-27; note: Misapplication: This concerns Haliclona (Flagellia) amirantensis. [details]
additional source Dendy, A. (1924). Porifera. Part I. Non-Antarctic sponges. Natural History Report. <em>British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910 (Zoology).</em> 6 (3): 269-392, pls I-XV.
page(s): 320-321 [details]
additional source Lévi, C. (1969). Spongiaires du Vema Seamount (Atlantique Sud). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 41(4): 952-973.
page(s): 969; note: Misapplication: This does not conform to the type. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lévi, C. (1993). Porifera Demospongiae: Spongiaires bathyaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie, récoltés par le 'Jean Charcot' Campagne BIOCAL, 1985. In: A. Crosnier (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 11. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national de l'Histoire naturelle, (A).</em> 158: 9-87. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 62-63; note: Misapplication: This does not conform to the type. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lundbeck, W. (1902). Porifera. (Part I.) Homorrhaphidae and Heterorrhaphidae. <em>In: The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 6(1). (Bianco Luno: Copenhagen).</em> Pp. 1-108, pls I-XIX, 1 map.
page(s): 71-73; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1978). Report on a Collection of Sponges from the Bay of Naples. III Hadromerida, Axinellida, Poecilosclerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida. <em>Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universitá di Genova.</em> 45: 7-89.
page(s): 80; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Rezvoi, P. (1928). Contribution to the fauna of Porifera in the Barents Sea. <em>Transactions of the Institute for the scientific exploration of the North.</em> 37: 67-95 (in Russian with English summary).
page(s): 91 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1887.5.2.252, geounit Prince Edward Islands [details]
