WoRMS name details
Mesapos Gray, 1867
236088 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236088)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Genus
Hymeraphia stellifera Bowerbank, 1864 (type by original designation)
- Species Mesapos stellifera (Bowerbank, 1864) accepted as Hymeraphia stellifera Bowerbank, 1864 (reverted genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [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. Mesapos Gray, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236088 on 2026-05-02
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Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (1991). Revision of the family Raspailiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. <em>Invertebrate Taxonomy.</em> 5 (6): 1179-1418., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/it9911179 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (1991). Revision of the family Raspailiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. <em>Invertebrate Taxonomy.</em> 5 (6): 1179-1418., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/it9911179 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
