WoRMS name details
Desmacella vestibularis sensu Dendy, 1924
531113 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531113)
unaccepted (misidentified)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Dendy, A. (1924). Porifera. Part I. Non-Antarctic sponges. Natural History Report. <em>British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910 (Zoology).</em> 6 (3): 269-392, pls I-XV.
page(s): 345-346 [details]
page(s): 345-346 [details]
Type locality contained in Northeastern New Zealand
type locality contained in Northeastern New Zealand [details]
Taxonomy Dendy assigned this to Desmacella vestibularis (Wilson, 1904) from the Galapagos, but differences are judged too large for...
Taxonomy Dendy assigned this to Desmacella vestibularis (Wilson, 1904) from the Galapagos, but differences are judged too large for conspecifity. See also Bergquist & Fromont, 1988. [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. Desmacella vestibularis sensu Dendy, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531113 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
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Dendy, A. (1924). Porifera. Part I. Non-Antarctic sponges. Natural History Report. <em>British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910 (Zoology).</em> 6 (3): 269-392, pls I-XV.
page(s): 345-346 [details]
page(s): 345-346 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Dendy assigned this to Desmacella vestibularis (Wilson, 1904) from the Galapagos, but differences are judged too large for conspecifity. See also Bergquist & Fromont, 1988. [details]
