World Porifera Database - Species - Agelas sparsus var. clavaeformis (Carter, 1883)

Porifera name details

Agelas sparsus var. clavaeformis (Carter, 1883)

AphiaID

890064 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:890064)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Rank

Variety

Parent

Agelas sparsus (Gray, 1867) accepted as Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Original name

Ectyon sparsus var. clavaeformis Carter, 1883

Environment

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

Original description

(of Ectyon sparsus var. clavaeformis Carter, 1883) Carter, H.J. (1883). Contributions to our Knowledge of the Spongida. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 12 (71): 308-329, pls XI-XIV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938309459636
page(s): 313, Pl. XII fig. 2 [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. Agelas sparsus var. clavaeformis (Carter, 1883). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=890064 on 2026-08-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-12-04 12:30:50Z

created

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)

original description (of Ectyon sparsus var. clavaeformis Carter, 1883) Carter, H.J. (1883). Contributions to our Knowledge of the Spongida. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 12 (71): 308-329, pls XI-XIV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938309459636
page(s): 313, Pl. XII fig. 2 [details]

basis of record Alcolado, P.M. 1976. Lista de nuevos registros de Poriferos para Cuba.Serie Oceanológica. Instituto de Oceanologia. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba. Oceanologia (36): 1-11.
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality