Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Astrophorida > Family Geodiidae > Subfamily Erylinae > Genus Erylus

Erylus discophorus (Schmidt, 1862)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ErylusGray, 1867accepted genus name
Scutastra Ferrer-Hernàndez, 1912 synonym

Species group names

Stellata discophorus Schmidt, 1862 orthographic variant
Stellata discophorus Schmidt, 1862 synonym

Children

Erylus discophorus var. deficiens Topsent, 1927

Literature

original description

Schmidt, O. 1862. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.

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: pp. 85-103

additional source

Babiç, K. 1922. Monactinellida und Tetractinellida des Adriatischen Meeres. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 46(2): 217-302, pls 8-9.

additional source

Burton, M. 1956. The sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen) 4: 111-147.

additional source

Cruz, T.; Bacallado, J.J. 1982. Contribución al conocimiento de los espongiarios de las islas Canarias. 1. Demosponjas ‘Homosclerophorida y Astrophorida’ del litoral de Tenerife. Boletín del Instituto Español de Oceanografía 6 (4): 75-87.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
Sponge Barcoding Database (Erylus discophorus)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Erylus discophorus (Schmidt, 1862). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134011

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2004-12-21 by Rob van Soest

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