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Myriastra purpurea (Ridley, 1884)

234369  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234369)

 unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884) Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 473, pl. XL (fig. E), pl. XLIII (figs. j, j'). [details] OpenAccess publication
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. Myriastra purpurea (Ridley, 1884). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234369 on 2025-05-18
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Myriastra purpurea (Ridley, 1884). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234369 on 2025-05-18
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original description (of Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884) Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 473, pl. XL (fig. E), pl. XLIII (figs. j, j'). [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Bergquist, P.R. (1961). Demospongiae (Porifera) of the Chatham Islands and Chatham Rise, collected by the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 13 (139): 169-206.
page(s): 201-203 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1954). The Sponges of the West-Central Pacific. <em>Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology.</em> 7: i-x, 1-306,pls I-XII.
page(s): 239-240 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Lévi, C. (1958). Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la ‘Calypso'.Campagne 1951-1952 en Mer Rouge (suite). 11. Spongiaires de Mer Rouge recueillis par la ‘Calypso' (1951-1952). <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 34(3): 3-46.
page(s): 9-10 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Lévi, C. (1965). Spongiaires récoltés par l'expédition israélienne dans le sud de la Mer Rouge en 1962. <i>In</i>: Israel South Red Sea Expedition, 1962, Report 13. <em>Sea Fisheries Research Station Haifa Bulletin.</em> 39, 3-27.
page(s): 7-8 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Thomas, P.A. (1973). Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale. Sciences zoologiques.</em> (203): 1-96, pls 1-8. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 75 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Thomas, P.A. (1981). A second collection of marine Demospongiae from Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Sciences zoologiques.</em> 233: 1-63. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Thomas, P.A. (1979). Studies on sponges of the Mozambique channel. I. Sponges of the Inhaca Island. II. Sponges of Mambone and Paradise Islands. <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Sciences zoologiques.</em> 227: 1-73, pls I-III.
page(s): 40 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Sim, C.J.; Kim, Y.-H. 1994. A systematic study of marine sponges in Korea 11. Sponges of islets near the coast of Cheju Island. The Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 10 (1): 17-37.
page(s): 18 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Mothes de Moraes, B. (1985). Sponges collected by the Oxford Diving Expedition to the Cabo Frio Up welling Area (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). <em>Studies of Neotropical Fauna and Environment.</em> 20: 227-237.
page(s): 322-323; note: Misapplication [details] 

additional source Austin, W.C. (1996). Sponges from Rocas Alijos. <i>In</i>: Monographiae Biologicae. Rocas Alijos. Scientific Results from the Cordell Expeditions (R.W. Schmieder Editor). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London. Vol. 75: 237-256.
page(s): 245-247 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 336 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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