Marine Species Traits - Discodermia gorgonoides Burton, 1928

Traits taxon details

Discodermia gorgonoides Burton, 1928

AphiaID

171219 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171219)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Discodermia du Bocage, 1869

Original name

Discodermia gorgonoides Burton, 1928

Environment

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

Original description

Burton, M. (1928). Report on some Deep-Sea Sponges from the Indian Museum collected by R.I.M.S. ‘Investigator'. Part II. Tetraxonida (concluded) and Euceratosa. Records of the Indian Museum. 30 (1): 109-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v30/i1/1928/163204
page(s): 109-110 [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. Discodermia gorgonoides Burton, 1928. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171219 on 2026-07-06

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Discodermia gorgonoides Burton, 1928. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171219 on 2026-07-06

Taxonomic edit history

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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

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original description Burton, M. (1928). Report on some Deep-Sea Sponges from the Indian Museum collected by R.I.M.S. ‘Investigator'. Part II. Tetraxonida (concluded) and Euceratosa. Records of the Indian Museum. 30 (1): 109-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v30/i1/1928/163204
page(s): 109-110 [details]

additional source Sim, C.J.; Kim, H.Y.; Byeon, H.S. 1990. A systematic study on the marine sponges in Korea 8. Tetractinomorpha. The Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 6 (1): 123-144.
page(s): 126 [details]

additional source Sim, C.J. (1994). Sponges from Cheju Island, Korea. In: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Van Kempen, T.M.G.; Braekman, J.C. (eds) Sponges in Time and Space. Biology, Chemistry, Paleontology. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp 175-181.
page(s): 179, Table 2 [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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