World Porifera Database - Species - Antho (Antho) opuntioides (Lamarck, 1815)

Porifera taxon details

Antho (Antho) opuntioides (Lamarck, 1815)

AphiaID

167889 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167889)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Antho (Antho) Gray, 1867

Original name

Alcyonium opuntioides Lamarck, 1815

Synonymised names

Alcyonium opuntioides Lamarck, 1815 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Anomoclathria opuntioides (Lamarck, 1815) · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Alcyonium opuntioides Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details]

Type data

Holotype (of Alcyonium opuntioides Lamarck, 1815) MNHN...

Holotype (of Alcyonium opuntioides Lamarck, 1815) MNHN DT 654, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Antho (Antho) opuntioides (Lamarck, 1815). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167889 on 2026-07-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2008-07-19 11:24:20Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Alcyonium opuntioides Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details]

basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. In: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details]

basis of record (of Alcyonium opuntioides Lamarck, 1815) Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. In: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details]

basis of record (of Anomoclathria opuntioides (Lamarck, 1815)) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340.
page(s): 164 [details]

source of synonymy (of Anomoclathria opuntioides (Lamarck, 1815)) Topsent, E. (1933). Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Fin. Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris. 10: 1-60.
page(s): 39-40 [details] Available for editors

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new combination reference (of Anomoclathria opuntioides (Lamarck, 1815)) Topsent, E. (1929). Phénomènes de styloprothèse chez des Poecilosclérines. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale (Notes et Revue). 68: 19-32.
page(s): 22 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype (of Alcyonium opuntioides Lamarck, 1815) MNHN DT 654, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Anomoclathria opuntioides (Lamarck, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Alcyonium opuntioides Lamarck, 1815)