North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Agelas oroides (Schmidt, 1864)

Agelas oroides

AphiaID

132454 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132454)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Agelas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Original name

Clathria oroides Schmidt, 1864

Synonymised names

Clathria oroides Schmidt, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Clathria oroides Schmidt, 1864) Schmidt, O. (1864). Supplement der Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. Enthaltend die Histologie und systematische Ergänzungen. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig). i-vi: 1-48, pls 1-4.
page(s): 35; pl IV fig 1-2 [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 oroides (Schmidt, 1864). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=132454 on 2026-08-14

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Agelas oroides (Schmidt, 1864). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=132454 on 2026-08-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2006-01-03 18:48:18Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2007-09-19 16:57:43Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Clathria oroides Schmidt, 1864) Schmidt, O. (1864). Supplement der Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. Enthaltend die Histologie und systematische Ergänzungen. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig). i-vi: 1-48, pls 1-4.
page(s): 35; pl IV fig 1-2 [details]

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additional source Burton, M. (1936). The fishery ground near Alexandria. IX. Sponges. Notes and Memoirs of the Fisheries Research Directorate, Cairo. 17: 1-28.
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additional source Calcinai, B.; Moratti, V.; Martinelli, M.; Bavestrello, G.; Taviani, M. (2013). Uncommon sponges associated with deep coral bank and maerl habitats in the Strait of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea). Italian Journal of Zoology. 80(3): 412-423., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2013.786763
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additional source Topaloglu, B. (2001). A preliminary study on sponge fauna of the north shore of Gökçeada Island. In: Öztürk B, Aysel V, editors. Ulusal Ege Adalari 2001. Toplantisi Bildiriler Kitabi. Istanbul, Turkey: Türk Deniz Arastirmalari Vakfi, . pp. 97–102 (in Turkish).
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additional source Pansini, M.; Morri, C.; Bianchi, C.N. (2000). The sponge community of a subtidal area with hydrothermal vents: Milos island, Aegean Sea. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science. 51, 627-635., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/ecss.2000.0674
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additional source Corriero, G.; Scalera-Liaci, L.; Ruggiero, D.; Pansini, M. (2000). The sponge community of a semi-submerged Mediterranean cave. Marine Ecology. 21 (1), 85-96., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0485.2000.00655.x
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additional source Corriero, G.; Abbiati, M.; Santangelo, G. (1997). Sponges inhabiting a Mediteranean red coral population. Marine Ecology. 18 (2), 147-155., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1997.tb00433.x
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additional source Idan, T.; Shefer, S.; Feldstein, T.; Yahel, R.; Huchon, D.; Ilan, M. (2018). Shedding light on an East-Mediterranean mesophotic sponge ground community and the regional sponge fauna. Mediterranean marine science. 19(1): 84-106., available online at https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/13853
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additional source Costa, G.; Giussani, V.; Kletou, D.; Kleitou, P.; Pansini, M.; Setti, A.; Pronzato, R.; Bertolino, M. (2018). A first preliminary study of the shallow water sponge fauna from Cyprus Island (Eastern Mediterranean). Zootaxa. 4450(5): 594., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4450.5.7
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additional source Calcinai, B.; Sacco Perasso, C.; Davidde Petriaggi, B.; Ricci, S. (2019). Endolithic and epilithic sponges of archaeological marble statues recovered in the Blue Grotto, Capri (Italy) and in the Antikythera shipwreck (Greece). Facies. 65(2)., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10347-019-0562-7
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biology source Vacelet, J.; Vacelet, E.; Gaino, E.; Gallissian, M.-F. (1994). Bacterial attack of spongin skeleton during the 1986-1990 Mediterranean sponge disease. in: Sponges in Time and Space, van Soest, van Kempen & Braekman (eds) Balkema. Rotterdam. pp 355-362.
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biology source Ruiz, C.; Vacelet, J.; Corallo, F.; Dubut, V.; Chemin, C.; Simmler, C.; Ereskovsky, A. (2025). Cellular and molecular microbial diversity of the mediterranean sponge Agelas oroides (Demospongiae, Agelasida). Marine Biology. 172 (5): 1-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-025-04627-2 [details] Available for editors