WoRMS taxon details
Erylus deficiens Topsent, 1927
134010 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134010)
accepted
Species
Erylus discophorus var. deficiens Topsent, 1927 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Erylus discophorus var. deficiens Topsent, 1927) Topsent, E. (1927). Diagnoses d'Éponges nouvelles recueillies par le Prince Albert ler de Monaco. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique Monaco.</em> (502): 1-19.
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(of Erylus discophorus var. deficiens Topsent, 1927) Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 114-115; pl 1 fig 29 [details]
page(s): 2 [details] Available for editors
[request](of Erylus discophorus var. deficiens Topsent, 1927) Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 114-115; pl 1 fig 29 [details]
Holotype MNHN DT1111, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira
Holotype MNHN DT1111, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira [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. Erylus deficiens Topsent, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134010 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Erylus discophorus var. deficiens Topsent, 1927) Topsent, E. (1927). Diagnoses d'Éponges nouvelles recueillies par le Prince Albert ler de Monaco. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique Monaco.</em> (502): 1-19.
page(s): 2 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Erylus discophorus var. deficiens Topsent, 1927) Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 114-115; pl 1 fig 29 [details]
page(s): 2 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Erylus discophorus var. deficiens Topsent, 1927) Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 114-115; pl 1 fig 29 [details]
Taxonomy
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Vacelet, J. (1976). Inventaire des Spongiaires du Parc national de Port-Cros (Var). <em>Travaux scientifiques du Parc national de Port-Cros.</em> 2, 167-186.
page(s): 172-173 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 172-173 [details] Available for editors
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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): 49, Fig. 18; note: as Erylus cf. deficiens, possibly a new species (COI with 6-8 bp difference from the others). [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Xavier, J.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2007). Demosponge fauna of Ormonde and Gettysburg Seamounts (Gorringe Bank, north-east Atlantic): diversity and zoogeographical affinities. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 87 (6): 1643-1653., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315407058584
page(s): 1646; note: as Erylus sp. according to Diaz et al. (2024). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cárdenas, P.; Xavier, J.R.; Reveillaud, J.; Schander, C.; Rapp, H.T. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiaep) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 6 (4), e18318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018318
note: as Erylus sp. from Gettysberg Peak, COI and 28S sequenced. [details]
page(s): 49, Fig. 18; note: as Erylus cf. deficiens, possibly a new species (COI with 6-8 bp difference from the others). [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Xavier, J.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2007). Demosponge fauna of Ormonde and Gettysburg Seamounts (Gorringe Bank, north-east Atlantic): diversity and zoogeographical affinities. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 87 (6): 1643-1653., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315407058584
page(s): 1646; note: as Erylus sp. according to Diaz et al. (2024). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cárdenas, P.; Xavier, J.R.; Reveillaud, J.; Schander, C.; Rapp, H.T. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiaep) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 6 (4), e18318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018318
note: as Erylus sp. from Gettysberg Peak, COI and 28S sequenced. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MNHN DT1111, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Unknown type (of Erylus discophorus var. deficiens Topsent, 1927) MNHN DT 1111, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Unreviewed
Holotype MOM [details]
