WoRMS name details
Stylotella aurantium Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1988
194119 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:194119)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kelly-Borges, M.; Bergquist, P.R. (1988). Sponges from Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. <em>Indo-Malayan Zoology.</em> 5: 121-159.
page(s): 132-133 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 132-133 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Southeast Papua New Guinea
type locality contained in Southeast Papua New Guinea [details]
Description Multilobed, erect club-shaped sponge, up to 30 cm high and 20 cm wide, often narrower around the base than at central or...
Description Multilobed, erect club-shaped sponge, up to 30 cm high and 20 cm wide, often narrower around the base than at central or higher portions of the body. Surface fleshy with low, sharp, soft conules. Internal texture resembles mango flesh. Oscules apical with a delicate membrane. Colour brilliant golden orange. Habitat: shallow fringing reefs and lagoons. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [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. Stylotella aurantium Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=194119 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Kelly-Borges, M.; Bergquist, P.R. (1988). Sponges from Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. <em>Indo-Malayan Zoology.</em> 5: 121-159.
page(s): 132-133 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Barnes D.K.A.; Bell, J.J. (2002). Coastal sponge communities of the West Indian Ocean: taxonomic affinities, richness and diversity. <em>African Journal of Ecology.</em> 40: 337-349.
note: No description. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS)
note: No description. [details]
page(s): 132-133 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Barnes D.K.A.; Bell, J.J. (2002). Coastal sponge communities of the West Indian Ocean: taxonomic affinities, richness and diversity. <em>African Journal of Ecology.</em> 40: 337-349.
note: No description. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS)
note: No description. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Multilobed, erect club-shaped sponge, up to 30 cm high and 20 cm wide, often narrower around the base than at central or higher portions of the body. Surface fleshy with low, sharp, soft conules. Internal texture resembles mango flesh. Oscules apical with a delicate membrane. Colour brilliant golden orange. Habitat: shallow fringing reefs and lagoons. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | mango sponge | [details] |
