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Petrosia (Petrosia) massiva
Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
AphiaID
166849
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166849)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Heteroscleromorpha
(Subclass)
Haplosclerida
(Order)
Petrosiidae
(Family)
Petrosia
(Genus)
Petrosia (Petrosia)
(Subgenus)
Petrosia (Petrosia) massiva
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Petrosia (Petrosia)
Vosmaer, 1885
Original name
Petrosia massiva
Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
Synonymised names
Petrosia massiva
Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
·
alternative representation
(subgenus assignment)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Petrosia massiva
Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
)
Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1996). North Jamaican deep fore-reef sponges. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 46 (4): 53-81.
page(s): 78; fig 16, 31, 77
[details]
Type data
Holotype
(of
Petrosia massiva Lehnert & van Soest,...
Holotype
(of
Petrosia massiva Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
) ZMA 11347, geounit Greater Antilles
[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.
Petrosia (Petrosia) massiva
Lehnert & van Soest, 1996. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=166849 on 2025-10-09
Taxonomic edit history
Date
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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2008-02-18 19:59:55Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2023-06-20 12:38:30Z
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Boury-Esnault, Nicole
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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (3)
Specimens (1)
Attributes (7)
original description
(of
Petrosia massiva
Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
)
Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1996). North Jamaican deep fore-reef sponges. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 46 (4): 53-81.
page(s): 78; fig 16, 31, 77
[details]
additional source
(of
Petrosia massiva
Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
)
Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 93
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Holotype
(of
Petrosia massiva Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
) ZMA 11347, geounit Greater Antilles
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