WoRMS name details
Stelospongos Schmidt, 1870
184906 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184906)
unaccepted (nomen nudum)
Genus
- Species Stelospongos cribriformis Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Smenospongia aurea (Hyatt, 1875) (genus transfer)
- Species Stelospongos friabilis Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Fasciospongia friabilis (Hyatt, 1877) (genus transfer)
- Species Stelospongos intertexta Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Ircinia intertexta (Hyatt, 1877) (genus name correction)
- Species Stelospongos levis Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Fasciospongia turgida (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Stelospongos longispinus (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Ircinia strobilina (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Stelospongos maynardii Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Smenospongia maynardii (Hyatt, 1877) (genus transfer)
- Species Stelospongos pikei Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Fasciospongia pikei (Hyatt, 1877) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 29 [details]
page(s): 29 [details]
Taxonomy Stelospongos is a nomen nudum as no species were named when it was first described. Any subsequent type species...
Taxonomy Stelospongos is a nomen nudum as no species were named when it was first described. Any subsequent type species designations (e.g. by de Laubenfels) are probably invalid. [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Stelospongos Schmidt, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=184906 on 2026-01-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 29 [details]
page(s): 29 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Bergquist, P.R. (1980). A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (class Demospongiae). <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 7 (4): 443-503. [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomy Stelospongos is a nomen nudum as no species were named when it was first described. Any subsequent type species designations (e.g. by de Laubenfels) are probably invalid. [details]
