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Stelletta tuberosa (Topsent, 1892) 
AphiaID: 133986

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Ancorinidae (Family) > Stelletta (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Stelletta Schmidt, 1862
Synonymised
taxa
  Astrella tuberosa Topsent, 1892 (genus transfer)
Geodia tuberosa (Topsent, 1892) (reverted genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Topsent, E. 1892a. 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. [details] [full text]

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: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS[details]

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. [details] [full text]

source of synonymy: Cárdenas P, Xavier JR, Reveillaud J, Schander C, Rapp HT (2011) Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiae) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. PLoS ONE 6(4) , available online at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0018318 [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Azores (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
North Coast of Spain [details]
South European Atlantic Shelf [details]
Specimens  Unknown type (from synonym) , locality Azores [view taxon]
Unknown type (from synonym): MNHN DT 835, locality Azores (stn 234) [view taxon]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
Note  According to Cardenas et al. (2011) this species is a Geodia based on molecular analysis, but since it lacks the sterrasters of Geodia, this decision is postponed until confirmed by independent studies. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133986
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2008-06-16 13:30:27Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
2012-04-28 08:05:18Z  changed  Boury-Esnault, Nicole
2012-05-10 17:20:53Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2013). Stelletta tuberosa (Topsent, 1892). 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. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/authority/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=133986 on 2013-05-18
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