Megalopastas
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
creator: Boury-Esnault, Nicole
date: 2026-08-28
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Megalopastas Dendy, 1905
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: 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 Dendy, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=184787 on 2026-08-28
created: 2005-12-12T18:12:35Z
is replaced by: 131748
modified: 2017-01-11T11:41:29Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Megalopastas Dendy, 1905
accepted name usage ID: 131748
class: Demospongiae
family: Dictyodendrillidae
genus: Megalopastas
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
name published in year: 1905
order: Dendroceratida
parent name usage ID: 164886
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: Dendy, 1905
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: unaccepted