World Porifera Database - Species - Dragmastra lactea (Carter, 1871)

Porifera name details

Dragmastra lactea (Carter, 1871)

AphiaID

510399 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:510399)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)

Accepted name

Stelletta lactea Carter, 1871

Rank

Species

Parent

Dragmastra Sollas, 1888 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862

Original name

Stelletta lactea Carter, 1871

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Variety Dragmastra lactea var. mauritiana Dendy, 1916 accepted as Stelletta mauritiana (Dendy, 1916) (genus transfer and status change)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Stelletta lactea Carter, 1871) Carter, H.J. (1871). A Descriptive Account of three Pachytragous Sponges growing on the Rocks of the South Coast of Devon. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 7(37): 1-15, pl. IV.
page(s): 9-11; pl IV fig 15 [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. Dragmastra lactea (Carter, 1871). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=510399 on 2025-11-18

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2010-08-30 17:16:25Z

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Sources (1)

original description (of Stelletta lactea Carter, 1871) Carter, H.J. (1871). A Descriptive Account of three Pachytragous Sponges growing on the Rocks of the South Coast of Devon. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 7(37): 1-15, pl. IV.
page(s): 9-11; pl IV fig 15 [details]