Myriastra purpurea
creator: Wambiji, Nina
creator: Samaai, Toufiek
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
date: 2026-08-02
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: Myriastra purpurea (Ridley, 1884)
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. Myriastra purpurea (Ridley, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234369 on 2026-08-02
created: 2006-11-10T08:36:39Z
is replaced by: 169983
modified: 2008-06-24T20:34:24Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Myriastra purpurea (Ridley, 1884)
accepted name usage ID: 169983
class: Demospongiae
family: Ancorinidae
genus: Myriastra
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London). 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
name published in year: 1884
order: Tetractinellida
parent name usage ID: 184801
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: (Ridley, 1884)
specific epithet: purpurea
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: unaccepted