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Porifera taxon details

Spinularia (Radiella) sol (Schmidt, 1870)

1874552  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1874552)

accepted
Species
Polymastia sol (Schmidt, 1870) · unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)
Polymastia sol sol (Schmidt, 1870) · unaccepted (reverted genus transfer and...)  
reverted genus transfer and status change
Radiella sol Schmidt, 1870 · unaccepted (genus transfer and subgenus assignment)
Trichostemma sol (Schmidt, 1870) · unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Radiella sol Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 48 [details] OpenAccess publication
Holotype  (of Radiella sol Schmidt, 1870) USNM 990,...  
Holotype (of Radiella sol Schmidt, 1870) USNM 990, geounit Greater Antilles [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Spinularia (Radiella) sol (Schmidt, 1870). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1874552 on 2026-06-14
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original description (of Radiella sol Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 48 [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference Santín, A.; Theising, F.; Despujols, D.; Brandt, A. (2026). A chance encounter: New <i>Spinularia</i> Gray, 1867 from abyssal depths of the Aleutian Trench (Bering Sea) leads to the proposal of new family, Spinulariidae fam nov. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 103699., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2026.103699 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Radiella sol Schmidt, 1870) Boury-Esnault, N. (2002 [2004]). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Radiella sol Schmidt, 1870) Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_22 [details] Full text PDF

additional source (of Radiella sol Schmidt, 1870) Burton, M. (1931). The Folden Fiord. Report on the sponges collected by Mr. Soot-Ryven in the Folden Fiord in the year 1923. <em>Tromsø Museum Skrifter.</em> 1 (13): 1-8.
page(s): 8; note: Misapplication [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Radiella sol Schmidt, 1870) Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Radiella sol Schmidt, 1870) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4217: 1-225., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1
page(s): 123-125 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Trichostemma sol (Schmidt, 1870)) Barthel, D.; Tendal, O.S. (1993). The sponge association of the abyssal Norwegian-Greenland Sea: species composition, substrate relationships and distribution. <em>Sarsia.</em> 78: 83-96., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1993.10413524
page(s): 88; note: Misapplication: Barthel & Tendal used the combination as described by Koltun (1966) (as Polymastia). This concerns Spinularia sarsii. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Radiella sol Schmidt, 1870) Burton, M. (1930). Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1930.tb00989.x
page(s): 510; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Radiella sol Schmidt, 1870) Burton, M. (1954). Sponges. Pp. 215-239, pl. 9. <i>In</i>: The 'Rosaura' Expedition. Part 5. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology.</em> 2 (6).
page(s): 222 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Radiella sol Schmidt, 1870) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 150-151; pl 22 fig 2 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Polymastia sol (Schmidt, 1870)) Koltun, V.M. (1966). Four-rayed sponges of Northern and Far Eastern seas of the USSR (order Tetraxonida). Opredeliti Faunei SSSR 90. (Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR: Moscow, Leningrad): 1-112.
page(s): 79; note: Misapplication: This concerns Spinularia sarsii. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Polymastia sol (Schmidt, 1870)) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stentoft, N. (1988). Barbados Deep-Water Sponges. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 122. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao andother Caribbean Islands.</em> 70(215): 1-175.
page(s): 75-76; fig 36 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Radiella sol Schmidt, 1870) Vacelet, J. (1969). Eponges de la Roche du Large et de l'étage bathyal de Méditerranée (Récoltes de la soucoupe plongeante Cousteau et dragages). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A, Zoologie).</em> 59(2): 145-219, pls I-IV.
page(s): 173; fig 8 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

new combination reference (of Polymastia sol sol (Schmidt, 1870)) Koltun, V.M. (1966). Four-rayed sponges of Northern and Far Eastern seas of the USSR (order Tetraxonida). Opredeliti Faunei SSSR 90. (Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR: Moscow, Leningrad): 1-112.
page(s): 81 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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Holotype (of Radiella sol Schmidt, 1870) USNM 990, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
LanguageName 
English sun horny sponge [from synonym]  [details]
French éponge du soleil [from synonym]  [details]


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