WoRMS taxon details
Xestospongia purpurea Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz, 2014
765465 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:765465)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 92-93 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 92-93 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype USNM 1229140, geounit Western Caribbean
Holotype USNM 1229140, geounit Western Caribbean [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. Xestospongia purpurea Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765465 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 92-93 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Silva, J.A.; Zea, S. (2017). New records of sponges of the genera <i>Petrosia</i> and <i>Xestospongia</i> (Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Petrosiidae) from the Colombian Caribbean. <em>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras.</em> 46 (1): 113-136.
page(s): 130-132 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 92-93 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Silva, J.A.; Zea, S. (2017). New records of sponges of the genera <i>Petrosia</i> and <i>Xestospongia</i> (Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Petrosiidae) from the Colombian Caribbean. <em>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras.</em> 46 (1): 113-136.
page(s): 130-132 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 1229140, geounit Western Caribbean [details]
