WoRMS name details
Erylus proximum
220436 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220436)
unaccepted (misspelling of species name)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Erylus proximus Dendy, 1916) Dendy, A. (1916). Report on the Homosclerophora and Astrotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <i>In</i>: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Vol. 6. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 17 (2): 225-271,pls 44-48., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1916.tb00596.x [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 proximum. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220436 on 2026-07-12
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(of Erylus proximus Dendy, 1916) Dendy, A. (1916). Report on the Homosclerophora and Astrotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <i>In</i>: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Vol. 6. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 17 (2): 225-271,pls 44-48., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1916.tb00596.x [details]
basis of record Fishelson, L. (1971). Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 10(2): 113-133., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354828
page(s): 119 [details]
basis of record Fishelson, L. (1971). Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 10(2): 113-133., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354828
page(s): 119 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Spelling Misprint for species name. [details]
