WoRMS name details
Spirastrella purpurea (Lamarck, 1815)
194765 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:194765)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
- Subspecies Spirastrella purpurea concrescens Vosmaer, 1911 accepted as Spheciospongia florida (Lendenfeld, 1897) (unavailable name)
- Subspecies Spirastrella purpurea digitata Vosmaer, 1911 accepted as Spheciospongia vagabunda (Ridley, 1884) (unavailable name)
- Subspecies Spirastrella purpurea glaebosa Vosmaer, 1911 accepted as Spirastrella cunctatrix Schmidt, 1868 (unavailable name)
- Subspecies Spirastrella purpurea pyramidalis Vosmaer, 1911 accepted as Spheciospongia purpurea (Lamarck, 1815) (unavailable name)
- Subspecies Spirastrella purpurea tegens Vosmaer, 1911 accepted as Diplastrella bistellata (Schmidt, 1862) (unavailable name)
- Subspecies Spirastrella purpurea tuberosa Vosmaer, 1911 accepted as Spirastrella cunctatrix Schmidt, 1868 (unavailable name)
- Subspecies Spirastrella purpurea tubulifera Vosmaer, 1811 accepted as Spheciospongia inconstans var. digitata (Dendy, 1887) accepted as Spheciospongia digitata (Dendy, 1887) (unavailable name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Alcyonium purpureum Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458. [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Spirastrella purpurea (Lamarck, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=194765 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Alcyonium purpureum Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Topsent, E. (1933). Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Fin. <em>Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 10: 1-60.
page(s): 43-44 [details] Available for editors
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redescription Topsent, E. (1906). Les Clavulides purpurines. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.</em> 12 (7): 570-575.
page(s): 572; note: redescription of Lamarck specimen [details]
page(s): 43-44 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Topsent, E. (1906). Les Clavulides purpurines. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.</em> 12 (7): 570-575.
page(s): 572; note: redescription of Lamarck specimen [details]
Other
additional source
Burton, M. (1932). Sponges. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 6: 237-392, pls 48-57.
page(s): 339 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Stephens, J. (1915). Atlantic Sponges collected by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 50(2): 423-467.
page(s): 434-436 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 339 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Stephens, J. (1915). Atlantic Sponges collected by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 50(2): 423-467.
page(s): 434-436 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
