World Porifera Database - Species - Arturia compacta (Schuffner, 1877)

Porifera taxon details

Arturia compacta (Schuffner, 1877)

AphiaID

1258707 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1258707)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Arturia Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017

Original name

Ascaltis compacta Schuffner, 1877

Synonymised names

Ascaltis compacta Schuffner, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Clathrina compacta (Schuffner, 1877) · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Ascaltis compacta Schuffner, 1877) Schuffner, O. 1877. Beschreibung einiger neuer Kalkschwämme. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 11: 403-433 pls XXIV-XXVI.
page(s): 404 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic 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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Arturia compacta (Schuffner, 1877). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/www.aqua-aquapress.com/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1258707 on 2026-09-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-06-08 10:42:09Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Ascaltis compacta Schuffner, 1877) Schuffner, O. 1877. Beschreibung einiger neuer Kalkschwämme. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 11: 403-433 pls XXIV-XXVI.
page(s): 404 [details]

new combination reference Van Soest, R.W.M.; De Voogd, N.J. (2018). Calcareous sponges of the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4426 (1): 1-160., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4426.1.1
page(s): 149 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Clathrina compacta (Schuffner, 1877))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ascaltis compacta Schuffner, 1877)