World Porifera Database - Species - Iotaota abyssi (Carter, 1874)

Porifera name details

Iotaota abyssi (Carter, 1874)

AphiaID

196522 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196522)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Iotroata abyssi (Carter, 1874)

Rank

Species

Parent

Iotaota Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Iotroata Laubenfels, 1936

Original name

Halichondria abyssi Carter, 1874

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Halichondria abyssi Carter, 1874) Carter, H.J. (1874). Descriptions and Figures of Deep-sea Sponges and their Spicules from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine', chiefly in 1869; with Figures and Descriptions of some remarkable Spicules from the Agulhas Shoal and Colon, Panama. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 14 (79): 207-221, 245-257, pls.XIII-XV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937408680964
page(s): 245-246 [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. Iotaota abyssi (Carter, 1874). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=196522 on 2026-07-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-01-18 19:06:18Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2007-05-23 19:15:22Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (2)

original description (of Halichondria abyssi Carter, 1874) Carter, H.J. (1874). Descriptions and Figures of Deep-sea Sponges and their Spicules from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine', chiefly in 1869; with Figures and Descriptions of some remarkable Spicules from the Agulhas Shoal and Colon, Panama. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 14 (79): 207-221, 245-257, pls.XIII-XV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937408680964
page(s): 245-246 [details]

source of synonymy Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication. 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] Available for editors

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