WoRMS name details
Megalopastas erectus Row, 1911
192405 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192405)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
Megalopastas Dendy, 1905 accepted as Spongionella Bowerbank, 1862
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Row, R.W.H. (1911). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S. XIX. Report on the Sponges collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland in 1904-5. Part II. Non-Calcarea. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology.</em> 31 (208): 287-400, pls 35-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1911.tb00461.x
page(s): 360-361 [details]
page(s): 360-361 [details]
Type locality contained in Northern and Central Red Sea
type locality contained in Northern and Central Red Sea [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. Megalopastas erectus Row, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=192405 on 2026-05-01
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Row, R.W.H. (1911). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S. XIX. Report on the Sponges collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland in 1904-5. Part II. Non-Calcarea. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology.</em> 31 (208): 287-400, pls 35-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1911.tb00461.x
page(s): 360-361 [details]
page(s): 360-361 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
