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Amorphinopsis excavans Carter, 1887

178562  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178562)

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Carter, H.J. (1887). Report on the Marine Sponges, chiefly from King Island, in the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 21(127-128): 61-84, pls 5-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1887.tb00381.x
page(s): 77 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Andaman Sea Coral Coast  
type locality contained in Andaman Sea Coral Coast [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. Amorphinopsis excavans Carter, 1887. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=178562 on 2026-04-01
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original description Carter, H.J. (1887). Report on the Marine Sponges, chiefly from King Island, in the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 21(127-128): 61-84, pls 5-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1887.tb00381.x
page(s): 77 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Amorphinopsis excavans var. robinsonii Annandale, 1918) Annandale, N. (1918). Zoological Results of a Tour in the Far East. Sponges. <em>Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 6: 193-217. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Amorphinopsis excavans var. digitifera Annandale, 1915) Annandale, N. (1915). Some Sponges parasitic on Clionidae with further notes on that family. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 11 (6): 457-478, pl. XXXIV., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v11/i6/1915/163050
page(s): 469-470 [details] OpenAccess publication

taxonomy source Alvarez, B.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2011). Taxonomic revision of the order Halichondrida (Porifera: Demospongiae) from northern Australia. Family Halichondriidae. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory.</em> 27: 55-84., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.287472
page(s): 57 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Thomas, P.A. (1973). Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale. Sciences zoologiques.</em> (203): 1-96, pls 1-8. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 58-59 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-816. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_84 [details] Full text PDF

additional source Hooper, J.N.A.; Cook, S. de C.; Hobbs, L.J.; Kennedy, J.A. (1997). Australian Halichondriidae (Porifera: Demospongiae): I. Species from the Beagle Gulf. pp. 1-65. <i>In</i>: Hanley, J.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. and Larson, H.K. (Eds), Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.
page(s): 25-28 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 316-317 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Lim, S.C.; de Voogd, N.J.; Tan, K.S. (2008). A guide to sponges of Singapore. Science Centre Singapore, pp. 1-173.
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Thomas, P.A.; Pillai, C.S.G.; Rajagopalan, M.S. (1996). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Kutch. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 8 (1-2): 124-132.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002[2004]). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-815. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Annandale, N. (1915). Some Sponges parasitic on Clionidae with further notes on that family. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 11 (6): 457-478, pl. XXXIV., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v11/i6/1915/163050
page(s): 467-469 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Amorphinopsis excavans var. digitifera Annandale, 1915) Kumar, A. (1925). Report on some Tetraxonid sponges in the collection of the Indian Museum. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 27(3): 211-229., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v27/i3/1925/163454
page(s): 225-226 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Holotype IM 6597/7 ZEV, BMNH 1981.10.14.3 [details]
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