WoRMS taxon details
Stelletta mediterranea (Topsent, 1893)
133978 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133978)
accepted
Species
Pilochrota mediterranea Topsent, 1893 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pilochrota mediterranea Topsent, 1893) Topsent, E. (1893). Nouvelle série de diagnoses d'éponges de Roscoff et de Banyuls. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 3) 1 (Notes et Revue 10): xxxiii-xliii.
page(s): XLIII [details]
page(s): XLIII [details]
Holotype (of Pilochrota mediterranea Topsent, 1893)...
Holotype (of Pilochrota mediterranea Topsent, 1893) MNHN DT 2305, geounit Western Mediterranean [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Stelletta mediterranea (Topsent, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=133978 on 2026-08-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pilochrota mediterranea Topsent, 1893) Topsent, E. (1893). Nouvelle série de diagnoses d'éponges de Roscoff et de Banyuls. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 3) 1 (Notes et Revue 10): xxxiii-xliii.
page(s): XLIII [details]
page(s): XLIII [details]
Other
additional source
Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pansini, M. (1987). Littoral demosponges from the banks of the Strait of Sicily and the Alboran Sea. <i>In</i>: Vacelet J, Boury-Esnault N (eds) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. <em>NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series G, Ecological Sciences Springer, Heidelberg.</em> 13, 149-185. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70892-3_8
page(s): 155- 156; fig. 2 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Díaz, J.A.; Ordines, F.; Massutí, E.; Cárdenas, P. (2024). From caves to seamounts: the hidden diversity of tetractinellid sponges from the Balearic Islands, with the description of eight new species. <em>PeerJ.</em> 12., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16584
page(s): 21, Fig. 7 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pansini, M. (1987). Littoral demosponges from the banks of the Strait of Sicily and the Alboran Sea. <i>In</i>: Vacelet J, Boury-Esnault N (eds) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. <em>NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series G, Ecological Sciences Springer, Heidelberg.</em> 13, 149-185. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70892-3_8
page(s): 155- 156; fig. 2 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Díaz, J.A.; Ordines, F.; Massutí, E.; Cárdenas, P. (2024). From caves to seamounts: the hidden diversity of tetractinellid sponges from the Balearic Islands, with the description of eight new species. <em>PeerJ.</em> 12., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16584
page(s): 21, Fig. 7 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Pilochrota mediterranea Topsent, 1893) MNHN DT 2305, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
Nontype UPSZMC 190943, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pilochrota mediterranea Topsent, 1893)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stelletta mediterranea)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pilochrota mediterranea Topsent, 1893)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pilochrota mediterranea Topsent, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pilochrota mediterranea Topsent, 1893)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stelletta mediterranea)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pilochrota mediterranea Topsent, 1893)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pilochrota mediterranea Topsent, 1893)
