WoRMS taxon details
Stelletta digitata (Pulitzer-Finali, 1993)
AphiaID: 555841
AphiaID: 555841
| 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 |
Calthropella digitata Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 (genus transfer) | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Pulitzer-Finali, G. 1993. A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 89: 247-350. [details] new combination reference: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; De Voogd, N.J. 2010. Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho-)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida). Zookeys 68: 1-88. [details] [full text] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||
| Distribution | Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North Kenya Banks (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Northern Monsoon Current Coast [details] | |||||||
| Specimen | Holotype (from synonym): MSNG 48290, locality East African Coral Coast (Kenya, North Kenya Banks, dredged) [view taxon] | |||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:555841 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Stelletta digitata (Pulitzer-Finali, 1993). 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/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555841 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||
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