Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Tetractinellida > Suborder Astrophorina > Family Ancorinidae > Genus Stelletta

Stelletta tuberosa (Topsent, 1892)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Geodia Lamarck, 1815

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stelletta*	Schmidt, 1862	accepted genus name
*Stellata*		orthographic variant
*Tethia*	Nardo, 1847	orthographic variant
*Astrella*	Sollas, 1886	synonym
*Dorypleres*	Sollas, 1888	synonym
*Dragmastra*	Sollas, 1888	synonym
*Myriastra*	Sollas, 1886	synonym
*Pilochrota*	Sollas, 1886	synonym
*Stelletta (Pilochrota)*	Sollas, 1886	synonym

Literature

additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M.; Lavaleye, M.S.S. (2005). Diversity and abundance of sponges in bathyal coral reefs of Rockall Bank, NE Atalantic, from boxcore samples. Marine Biology Research. 1: 338-349.
additional source	Murillo, F.J.; Muñoz, P.D.; Cristobo, J.; Ríos, P.; González, C.; Kenchington, E.; Serrano, A. (2012). Deep-sea sponge grounds of the Flemish Cap, Flemish Pass and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland (Northwest Atlantic Ocean): Distribution and species composition. Marine Biology Research. 8(9), 842-854.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103.
additional source	Cárdenas, P.; Rapp, H.T. (2015). Demosponges from the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge shed more light on the diversity and biogeography of North Atlantic deep-sea sponges. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 95(7), 1475-1516.
additional source	Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 25: 1-280, pls 1-18.
additional source	Lévi, C.; Vacelet, J. (1958). Éponges récoltées dans l'Atlantique oriental par le 'Président Théodore-Tissier' (1955-1956). Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches maritimes 22 (2). 225-246.
additional source	Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
source of synonymy	Cárdenas, P.; Xavier, J.R.; Reveillaud, J.; Schander, C.; Rapp, H.T. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiaep) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. PLoS ONE. 6 (4), e18318.

Genbank

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. Stelletta tuberosa (Topsent, 1892). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133986