Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Tetractinellida > Suborder Astrophorina > Family Geodiidae > Subfamily Erylinae > Genus Erylus

Erylus discophorus (Schmidt, 1862)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Stelletta Schmidt, 1862

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Erylus*	Gray, 1867	accepted genus name
*Erylus aspidodiscus*	Topsent, 1928	taxonomically included in
*Erylus corsicus*	Pulitzer-Finali, 1983	taxonomically included in
*Erylus deficiens*	Topsent, 1927	taxonomically included in
*Erylus discophorus*	(Schmidt, 1862)	taxonomically included in
*Erylus expletus*	Topsent, 1927	taxonomically included in
*Erylus granularis*	Topsent, 1904	taxonomically included in
*Erylus mamillaris*	(Schmidt, 1862)	taxonomically included in
*Erylus nummulifer*	Topsent, 1890	taxonomically included in
*Erylus oblongus*	Topsent, 1928	taxonomically included in
*Erylus papillatus*	Topsent, 1927	taxonomically included in
*Erylus papulifer*	Pulitzer-Finali, 1983	taxonomically included in
*Erylus topsenti*	Lendenfeld, 1903	taxonomically included in
*Scutastra*	Ferrer Hernández, 1912	synonym

Species group names

*Stellata discophora*		orthographic variant
*Erylus cantabricus*	(Ferrer Hernández, 1912)	synonym
*Scutastra cantabrica*	Ferrer Hernández, 1912	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Turkish: sunger

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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. Erylus discophorus (Schmidt, 1862). 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:134011