MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Gellius couchii (Bowerbank, 1874)

WoRMS name details

Gellius couchii (Bowerbank, 1874)

AphiaID

236312 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236312)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Accepted name

Haliclona (Gellius) fibulata (Schmidt, 1862)

Rank

Species

Parent

Gellius Gray, 1867 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) Gray, 1867

Original name

Halichondria couchii Bowerbank, 1867

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Variety Gellius couchii var. ceratina Ridley, 1884 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) ceratina (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Halichondria couchii Bowerbank, 1867) Bowerbank, J.S. (1867). Sponges. In: Jeffreys, J.G.,Hincks, T., Couch, J., Stewart, J., Rowe, J.B. & Bate, J.S. Report to the committee appointed to explore the marine fauna and flora of the Devon and Cornwall, no. 2. Reports of the British Association. 1867: 275-286. [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark The specimen allocated by Topsent 1897 to Gellius couchi (Bowerbank, 1874 has been allocated to Gellius amboinensis by...

Taxonomic remark The specimen allocated by Topsent 1897 to Gellius couchi (Bowerbank, 1874 has been allocated to Gellius amboinensis by Lévi 1961 [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. Gellius couchii (Bowerbank, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236312 on 2025-05-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-01-11 12:10:57Z

created

de Haas, Henk

2007-09-07 19:12:58Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2019-07-21 11:31:03Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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Nomenclature

original description (of Halichondria couchii Bowerbank, 1867) Bowerbank, J.S. (1867). Sponges. In: Jeffreys, J.G.,Hincks, T., Couch, J., Stewart, J., Rowe, J.B. & Bate, J.S. Report to the committee appointed to explore the marine fauna and flora of the Devon and Cornwall, no. 2. Reports of the British Association. 1867: 275-286. [details]

new combination reference Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London). 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54. [details]

Other

additional source Topsent, E. (1897). Spongiaires de la Baie d'Amboine. (Voyage de MM. M. Bedot et C. Pictet dans l'Archipel Malais). Revue suisse de Zoologie. 4: 421-487, pls 18-21.
note: Misapplication [details]

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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Taxonomic remark The specimen allocated by Topsent 1897 to Gellius couchi (Bowerbank, 1874 has been allocated to Gellius amboinensis by Lévi 1961 [details]

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