AfReMaS taxon details
Discodermia natalensis Kirkpatrick, 1903
171225 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171225)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kirkpatrick, R. (1903). Descriptions of South African Sponges. Part II. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 2 (14): 171-180, pl. IV.
page(s): 172 [details]
page(s): 172 [details]
Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal [details]
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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Discodermia natalensis Kirkpatrick, 1903. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171225 on 2025-04-06
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Discodermia natalensis Kirkpatrick, 1903. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171225 on 2025-04-06
original description
Kirkpatrick, R. (1903). Descriptions of South African Sponges. Part II. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 2 (14): 171-180, pl. IV.
page(s): 172 [details]
additional source Samaai, T. (2006). Biodiversity "hotspots", patterns of richness and endemism, and distribution of marine sponges in South Africa based on actual and interpolation data: A comparative approach. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1358: 1-37. [details] Available for editors
additional source Burton, M. (1929). Description of South African sponges collected in the South African Marine Survey. Part II. The 'Lithistidae', with critical survey of the desma-forming sponges. <em>Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey Division, Union of South Africa Report 7. Special Report.</em> 1: 1-12.
page(s): 5 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. <em>In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London.</em> Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 216 [details]
page(s): 172 [details]
additional source Samaai, T. (2006). Biodiversity "hotspots", patterns of richness and endemism, and distribution of marine sponges in South Africa based on actual and interpolation data: A comparative approach. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1358: 1-37. [details] Available for editors
additional source Burton, M. (1929). Description of South African sponges collected in the South African Marine Survey. Part II. The 'Lithistidae', with critical survey of the desma-forming sponges. <em>Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey Division, Union of South Africa Report 7. Special Report.</em> 1: 1-12.
page(s): 5 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. <em>In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London.</em> Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 216 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
