Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Spirophorida > Family Samidae > Genus Samus

Samus anonymus Gray, 1867

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Samus*	Gray, 1867	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Samus anonyma*	Gray, 1867	orthographic variant
*Samus anonyma*	Gray, 1867	synonym

Literature

original description	Gray, J.E. 1867a. Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Samidae Sollas, 1886, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 99-101
additional source	Thomas, P.A. 1981. A second collection of marine Demospongiae from Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). Annalen. Reeks in 8 - Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika: zoologische wetenschappen, 233. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika: Tervuren, Belgium. 54 plates pp.
additional source	Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Laubenfels, M.W. De 1950a. The Porifera of the Bermuda Archipelago. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 27(1):1-154, pls I-II.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Samus anonymus Gray, 1867. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171271