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Porifera taxon details

Geodia littoralis Stephens, 1915

170140  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170140)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stephens, J. (1915). Atlantic Sponges collected by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 50(2): 423-467., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800036012
page(s): 431-432 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Agulhas Bank  
type locality contained in Agulhas Bank [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. Geodia littoralis Stephens, 1915. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170140 on 2026-06-02
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original description Stephens, J. (1915). Atlantic Sponges collected by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 50(2): 423-467., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800036012
page(s): 431-432 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Lévi, C. (1967). Spongiaires d'Afrique du Sud. (3) Tetractinellides. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> 37, 227-256, pls XVII-XIX. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 229-230 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Burton, M. (1936). Notes on Sponges from South Africa, with Descriptions of new Species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 10 (17): 141-147., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03745481.1936.10801394 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1971). Éponges des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Madagascar). <em>Téthys.</em> Supplément 1: 51-126.
page(s): 65-66 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Samaai, T.; Gibbons, M.J. (2005). Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. <em>African Natural History.</em> 1: 1-96.
page(s): 14-17 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Samaai, T. (2006). Biodiversity "hotspots", patterns of richness and endemism, and distribution of marine sponges in South Africa based on actual and interpolation data: A comparative approach. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1358: 1-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1358.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Burton, M. (1933). Report on a small collection of sponges from Stil Bay, S. Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 10 (11): 235-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933308673651
page(s): 236 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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