World Porifera Database - Species - Megalopastas Dendy, 1905

Porifera name details

Megalopastas Dendy, 1905

AphiaID

184787 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184787)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted Name

Spongionella Bowerbank, 1862

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Megalopastas pulvillus Dendy, 1905 accepted as Spongionella pulvilla (Dendy, 1905) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Dictyodendrillidae Bergquist, 1980

Orig. name

Megalopastas Dendy, 1905

Direct children (6)
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Species Megalopastas arenifibrosa Dendy & Frederick, 1924 accepted as Lendenfeldia plicata (Esper, 1806) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Megalopastas elegans sensu Dendy, 1905 accepted as Dictyodendrilla dendyi Bergquist, 1996
Species Megalopastas erectus Row, 1911 accepted as Chelonaplysilla erecta (Row, 1911) (genus transfer)
Species Megalopastas nigra (Dendy, 1889) accepted as Spongionella nigra Dendy, 1889
Species Megalopastas pulvillus Dendy, 1905 accepted as Spongionella pulvilla (Dendy, 1905) (genus transfer)
Species Megalopastas retiara Dendy, 1916 accepted as Spongionella retiara (Dendy, 1916) (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Original description

Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 204-205 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Van Soest, R.W.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schönberg, C.; Klautau, M.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P.; Carballo, J.L.; Ríos, P.; Downey, R.; Morrow, C.C. (2021). World Porifera Database. Megalopastas Dendy, 1905. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=184787 on 2021-04-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-12 17:12:35Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-02-01 19:04:21Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2017-01-11 10:41:29Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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Sources (2)

original description Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 204-205 [details]

basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.). (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. 2 Volumes. 1706 pp. [2002 printed version ISBN 0-306-47260-0, 2004 eBook electronic version ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5]. , available online at https://www-springer-com.naturalis.idm.oclc.org/gp/book/9780306472602 [details]