Porifera name details
Megalopastas Dendy, 1905
184787 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184787)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Genus
Megalopastas pulvillus Dendy, 1905 accepted as Spongionella pulvilla (Dendy, 1905) (type by monotypy)
- Species Megalopastas arenifibrosa Dendy & Frederick, 1924 accepted as Lendenfeldia plicata (Esper, 1806) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
- Species Megalopastas elegans sensu Dendy, 1905 accepted as Dictyodendrilla dendyi Bergquist, 1996 (misapplication)
- Species Megalopastas erectus Row, 1911 accepted as Chelonaplysilla erecta (Row, 1911) (genus transfer)
- Species Megalopastas nigra (Dendy, 1889) accepted as Spongionella nigra Dendy, 1889
- Species Megalopastas pulvillus Dendy, 1905 accepted as Spongionella pulvilla (Dendy, 1905) (genus transfer)
- Species Megalopastas retiara Dendy, 1916 accepted as Spongionella retiara (Dendy, 1916) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 204-205 [details]
page(s): 204-205 [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. Megalopastas Dendy, 1905. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=184787 on 2024-09-25
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Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 204-205 [details]
additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 3: 1-217.
page(s): 161 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S. de C. (2002). Family Dictyodendrillidae Bergquist, 1980. Pp. 1072-1076. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii.ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
page(s): 1073 [details]
additional source Bergquist, P.R. (1996). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera: Demospongiae. Part 5. Dendroceratida and Halisarca. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 107: 1-53.
page(s): 30 [details]
page(s): 204-205 [details]
additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 3: 1-217.
page(s): 161 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S. de C. (2002). Family Dictyodendrillidae Bergquist, 1980. Pp. 1072-1076. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii.ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
page(s): 1073 [details]
additional source Bergquist, P.R. (1996). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera: Demospongiae. Part 5. Dendroceratida and Halisarca. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 107: 1-53.
page(s): 30 [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy See Bergquist (1996: 23-24) for the explanation of synononymy. [details]