WoRMS taxon details
Discodermia dissoluta Schmidt, 1880
171215 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171215)
accepted
Species
Desmahabana violacea Alcolado & Gotera, 1986 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. <i>In</i>: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena).
page(s): 87-88; pl V fig 2 [details]
page(s): 87-88; pl V fig 2 [details]
Type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean
type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean [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. Discodermia dissoluta Schmidt, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171215 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. <i>In</i>: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena).
page(s): 87-88; pl V fig 2 [details]
original description (of Desmahabana violacea Alcolado & Gotera, 1986) Alcolado, P.M.; Gotera, G.G. (1986). Nuevas adiciones a la fauna de poriferos de Cuba [New additions to the poriferan fauna of Cuba]. <i>Poeyana 331</i>: 1-19 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 7-8; fig 8B & 10 [details]
page(s): 87-88; pl V fig 2 [details]
original description (of Desmahabana violacea Alcolado & Gotera, 1986) Alcolado, P.M.; Gotera, G.G. (1986). Nuevas adiciones a la fauna de poriferos de Cuba [New additions to the poriferan fauna of Cuba]. <i>Poeyana 331</i>: 1-19 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 7-8; fig 8B & 10 [details]
Other
additional source
Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1996). North Jamaican deep fore-reef sponges. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 46 (4): 53-81.
page(s): 55-57; fig 2 [details]
additional source Zea, S. (1987). Esponjas del Caribe Colombiano. (Catálogo Cientifico: Bogotá, Colombia): 1-286. , available online at http://ISBN 958-9068-05-7
page(s): 220-222; fig 80 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 471 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kobluk, D.R.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1989). Cavity dwelling sponges in a southern Caribbean coral reef and their paleontological implications. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 44(3): 1207-1235.
page(s): 1212 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 4 [details]
additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 144 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Moraes, F.C. (2011). Esponjas das Ilhas Oceânicas Brasileiras. Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Série Livros 44. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 252 pp. [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Meesters, E.H.; Becking, L.E. (2014). Deep-water sponges (Porifera) from Bonaire and Klein Curaçao, Southern Caribbean. Zootaxa. 3878(5): 401-443., available online at http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/zt03878p443.pdf
page(s): 436 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Moraes, F.C.; Ventura, M.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Muricy, G. (2006). Biodiversidade de esponjas das ilhas oceânicas brasileiras. pp. 147–178 <i>In</i>: Alves, R.J.V. & Castro, J.W.A. (Eds.), Ilhas Oceânicas Brasileiras – da pesquisa ao manejo. Ministério do Meio Ambiente, Secretaria de Biodiversidade e Florestas, Brasília.
page(s): 167 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4217: 1-225., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1
page(s): 103 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ruiz, C.A.; Zea, S. (2012). Historia natural de la esponja <i>Discodermia dissoluta</i> (Porifera, Demospongiae, Lithistida) en Santa Marta, Caribe Colombiano. <em>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras.</em> 41 : 85-102. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zea, S. (1993). Cover of sponges and other sessile organisms in rocky and coral reef habitats of Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean Sea. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 29 (1-2): 75-88.
page(s): 87 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brück, W.M.; Sennett, S.H.; Pomponi, S.A.; Willenz, P.; McCarthy, P.J. (2008). Identification of the bacterial symbiont <i>Entotheonella</i> sp. in the mesohyl of the marine sponge <i>Discodermia</i> sp. <em>ISME Journal.</em> 2(3): 335-339., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2007.91 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lizarazo, N.; Zea, S. (2024). Sponges in the continental shelf (73 – 210 m) of the southwestern area of Isla Fuerte and Alta Guajira, with the description of new records for the Colombian Caribbean. <em>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras.</em> 53(1): 87-116., available online at https://doi.org/10.25268/bimc.invemar.2024.53.1.1266
page(s): 94 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 55-57; fig 2 [details]
additional source Zea, S. (1987). Esponjas del Caribe Colombiano. (Catálogo Cientifico: Bogotá, Colombia): 1-286. , available online at http://ISBN 958-9068-05-7
page(s): 220-222; fig 80 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 471 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kobluk, D.R.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1989). Cavity dwelling sponges in a southern Caribbean coral reef and their paleontological implications. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 44(3): 1207-1235.
page(s): 1212 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 4 [details]
additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 144 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Moraes, F.C. (2011). Esponjas das Ilhas Oceânicas Brasileiras. Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Série Livros 44. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 252 pp. [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Meesters, E.H.; Becking, L.E. (2014). Deep-water sponges (Porifera) from Bonaire and Klein Curaçao, Southern Caribbean. Zootaxa. 3878(5): 401-443., available online at http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/zt03878p443.pdf
page(s): 436 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Moraes, F.C.; Ventura, M.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Muricy, G. (2006). Biodiversidade de esponjas das ilhas oceânicas brasileiras. pp. 147–178 <i>In</i>: Alves, R.J.V. & Castro, J.W.A. (Eds.), Ilhas Oceânicas Brasileiras – da pesquisa ao manejo. Ministério do Meio Ambiente, Secretaria de Biodiversidade e Florestas, Brasília.
page(s): 167 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4217: 1-225., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1
page(s): 103 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ruiz, C.A.; Zea, S. (2012). Historia natural de la esponja <i>Discodermia dissoluta</i> (Porifera, Demospongiae, Lithistida) en Santa Marta, Caribe Colombiano. <em>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras.</em> 41 : 85-102. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zea, S. (1993). Cover of sponges and other sessile organisms in rocky and coral reef habitats of Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean Sea. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 29 (1-2): 75-88.
page(s): 87 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brück, W.M.; Sennett, S.H.; Pomponi, S.A.; Willenz, P.; McCarthy, P.J. (2008). Identification of the bacterial symbiont <i>Entotheonella</i> sp. in the mesohyl of the marine sponge <i>Discodermia</i> sp. <em>ISME Journal.</em> 2(3): 335-339., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2007.91 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lizarazo, N.; Zea, S. (2024). Sponges in the continental shelf (73 – 210 m) of the southwestern area of Isla Fuerte and Alta Guajira, with the description of new records for the Colombian Caribbean. <em>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras.</em> 53(1): 87-116., available online at https://doi.org/10.25268/bimc.invemar.2024.53.1.1266
page(s): 94 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype MCZ 34099, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Syntype MCZ PORa-86, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Syntype MNHN DT 2262, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Syntype MZS Po0202, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Desmahabana violacea Alcolado & Gotera, 1986)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Discodermia dissoluta)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Discodermia dissoluta)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
