African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

Deep-Sea name details

Spongodes Lesson, 1831

AphiaID

267851 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267851)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Dendronephthya Kükenthal, 1905

Rank

Genus

Parent

Nephtheidae Gray, 1862

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Species Spongodes portoricensis Hargitt in Hargitt & Rogers, 1901 accepted as Stereonephthya portoricensis (Hargitt, 1901) (original combination)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Spongodes Lesson, 1831. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267851 on 2025-05-20

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Spongodes Lesson, 1831. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267851 on 2025-05-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-16 09:11:12Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

2018-08-03 17:55:05Z

changed

Cordeiro, Ralf

2019-05-14 20:14:43Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2022-06-28 02:28:07Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

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Sources (8)
Links (1)

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

additional source Reinicke, G.B. (1997). Xeniidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the Red Sea, with descriptions of six new species of Xenia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia. 16: 5-62.
page(s): 28 [details]

additional source Tixier-Durivault, A.; Prevorsek, M. (1957). Validite du genre Spongodes Lesson, 1831. Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2. 29(2): 172-179., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54851740 [details]

additional source Tixier-Durivault, A.; Prevorsek, M. (1959). Revision de la famille des Nephtheidae. I. Le genre Spongodes Lesson, 1831. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 20: 1-148., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57359721 [details]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1977). A catalogue of the coelenterate type specimens of the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam. III. Antipatharia, Pennatulacea, Stolonifera, Telestacea, Alcyonacea. Beaufortia. 26(332): 77-98.
page(s): 89 [details]

additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1940). Contribution a l'étude du métabolisme du calcium et du fer chez l'Alcyonium palmatum Pallas. Annales de l'Institute Oceanographique, 20(1): 311-379, plate 1
page(s): 371, 375 [details]

additional source Hickson, S. J. (1908). On the systematic position of Eunephthya maldivensis Hickson. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 33(5-6): 173-176
page(s): 174, 175, 176 [details]

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