World Porifera Database - Species - Geodia spherastrosa (Wilson, 1925)

Porifera taxon details

Geodia spherastrosa (Wilson, 1925)

AphiaID

170178 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170178)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Geodia Lamarck, 1815

Original name

Geodinella spherastrosa Wilson, 1925

Synonymised names

Geodinella sphaerastrosa · unaccepted (misspelling of species name)

Geodinella spherastrosa Wilson, 1925 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Geodinella spherastrosa Wilson, 1925) Wilson, H.V. (1925). Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U.S. Fisheries Steamer ‘Albatross' during the Philippine Expedition,1907-10. pp. 273-532, pls 37-52. In: Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 100 (2, part 4).
page(s): 322-325 [details]

Type data

Holotype (of Geodinella spherastrosa Wilson, 1925)...

Holotype (of Geodinella spherastrosa Wilson, 1925) USNM 21268, geounit Southern China [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. Geodia spherastrosa (Wilson, 1925). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170178 on 2026-09-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2005-09-09 16:45:37Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-02-13 15:01:31Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Geodinella spherastrosa Wilson, 1925) Wilson, H.V. (1925). Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U.S. Fisheries Steamer ‘Albatross' during the Philippine Expedition,1907-10. pp. 273-532, pls 37-52. In: Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 100 (2, part 4).
page(s): 322-325 [details]

basis of record (of Geodinella sphaerastrosa) Lévi, C.; Lévi, P. (1989). Spongiaires (MUSORSTOM 1 & 2). In: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, volume 4. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 143: 25-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 61 [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype (of Geodinella spherastrosa Wilson, 1925) USNM 21268, geounit Southern China [details]

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 21268) (from synonym Geodinella spherastrosa Wilson, 1925)