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Exsuperantia archipelagus Carvalho & Pisera, 2019

Holotype and Paratypes
Holotype and Paratypes

1349574  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1349574)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Tetractinellida (Order)
  7. Astrophorina (Suborder)
  8. Phymaraphiniidae (Family)
  9. Exsuperantia (Genus)
  10. Exsuperantia archipelagus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Carvalho, F.C.; Pisera, A. (2019). Revision of the genus Exsuperantia Özdikmen, 2009 (Tetractinellida: Phymaraphiniidae) with description of a new species from the Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa. 4613(1): 135., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4613.1.7 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  MNHN DT-782/1, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira  
Holotype MNHN DT-782/1, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Taxonomy This species from the Azores was previously refered to as Racodiscula clava by Topsent (1892; 1904; 1928), and later as Rimella sp....  
Taxonomy This species from the Azores was previously refered to as Racodiscula clava by Topsent (1892; 1904; 1928), and later as Rimella sp. (Piséra & Lévi, 2002) which became Exsuperantia sp. (since Rimella was a preoccupied genus). [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. Exsuperantia archipelagus Carvalho & Pisera, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1349574 on 2025-06-01
Date
action
by
2019-06-05 12:02:50Z
created
Cárdenas, Paco
2020-04-09 19:39:57Z
changed
Ríos, Pilar

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Nomenclature

original description Carvalho, F.C.; Pisera, A. (2019). Revision of the genus Exsuperantia Özdikmen, 2009 (Tetractinellida: Phymaraphiniidae) with description of a new species from the Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa. 4613(1): 135., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4613.1.7 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Racodiscula clava Schmidt, 1879) Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 49-50 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 72; note: as Racodiscula clava (Schmidt, 1879). [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Lévi, C.; Vacelet, J. (1958). Éponges récoltées dans l'Atlantique oriental par le 'Président Théodore-Tissier' (1955-1956). Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches maritimes 22 (2). 225-246.
page(s): 226, fig.2; note: as Racodiscula clava (Schmidt, 1879). [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 49-50; note: as Racodiscula clava (Schmidt, 1879). [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 25: 1-280, pls 1-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 58; note: as Racodiscula clava (Schmidt, 1879). [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 101; note: as Racodiscula clava (Schmidt, 1879). [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Cárdenas, P.; Xavier, J.R.; Reveillaud, J.; Schander, C.; Rapp, H.T. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiaep) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. PLoS ONE. 6 (4), e18318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018318
note: as Exsuperantia sp. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Carvalho, F.C.; Pomponi, S.A.; Xavier, J.R. (2015). Lithistid sponges of the upper bathyal of Madeira, Selvagens and Canary Islands, with description of a new species of Isabella. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 95 (7), 1287-1296., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315414001179
note: as Exsuperantia sp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Carvalho, F. C.; Cárdenas, P.; Ríos, P.; Cristobo, J.; Rapp, H. T.; Xavier, J. R. (2020). Rock sponges (lithistid Demospongiae) of the Northeast Atlantic seamounts, with description of ten new species. PeerJ. 8: e8703., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/8703/ [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Xavier, J.R.; Rees, D.J.; Pereira, R.; Colaço, A.; Pham, C.K.; Carvalho, F.C. (2021). Diversity, Distribution and Phylogenetic Relationships of Deep-Sea Lithistids (Porifera, Heteroscleromorpha) of the Azores Archipelago. Frontiers in Marine Sciience. 8:600087.
page(s): Fig. 2C [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype MNHN DT-782/1, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Nontype DOP5883, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Nontype DOP6212, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Nontype DOP6248, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Nontype DOP6255, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Nontype HBOM 003:00660, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Nontype HBOM 003:02023, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Nontype ZMA POR 21688, geounit North Atlantic Lower Bathyal Province [details]
Paratype DOP1976, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Paratype MNHN DT-782/2, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy This species from the Azores was previously refered to as Racodiscula clava by Topsent (1892; 1904; 1928), and later as Rimella sp. (Piséra & Lévi, 2002) which became Exsuperantia sp. (since Rimella was a preoccupied genus). [details]
    Definitions

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To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Racodiscula clava Schmidt, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Exsuperantia archipelagus) 
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 9 proteins) 
To PESI (from synonym Racodiscula clava Schmidt, 1879)
From editor or global species database
Holotype and Paratypes
Holotype and Paratypes
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