Porifera name details
Pomelia schmidti Zittel, 1878
560018 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:560018)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Zittel, K.A. (1878). Studien über fossile Spongien. II. Lithistidae. <em>Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Königlich-Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 13 (1): 65-154. [details] 
Taxonomy Sollas (1888: 332) suggested this was Discodermia polydiscus, but it is possibly a senior synonym of Amphibleptula...
Taxonomy Sollas (1888: 332) suggested this was Discodermia polydiscus, but it is possibly a senior synonym of Amphibleptula madrepora Schmidt, 1879. Because the type is a 'deciduous' specimen it will probably never be established with certainty. [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Pomelia schmidti Zittel, 1878. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=560018 on 2025-07-08
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Zittel, K.A. (1878). Studien über fossile Spongien. II. Lithistidae. <em>Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Königlich-Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 13 (1): 65-154. [details]
basis of record Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Scleritodermidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 302-311. <em>In: Hooper, J. N.A.; Van Soest, R. W.M (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. Vol I. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers), NY.</em> 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002). Family Scleritodermidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 302-311. <i>In</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)'. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Scleritodermidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 302-311. <em>In: Hooper, J. N.A.; Van Soest, R. W.M (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. Vol I. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers), NY.</em> 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002). Family Scleritodermidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 302-311. <i>In</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)'. [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy Sollas (1888: 332) suggested this was Discodermia polydiscus, but it is possibly a senior synonym of Amphibleptula madrepora Schmidt, 1879. Because the type is a 'deciduous' specimen it will probably never be established with certainty. [details]
