Deep-Sea taxon details
Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884
169983 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169983)
accepted
Species
Stelletta pilula Lebwohl, 1914 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Stelletta pilula var. media Lebwohl, 1914 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Stelletta pilula var. minor Lebwohl, 1914 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 473, pl. XL (fig. E), pl. XLIII (figs. j, j'). [details]
page(s): 473, pl. XL (fig. E), pl. XLIII (figs. j, j'). [details]
Type locality contained in Arnhem Coast to Gulf of Carpenteria
type locality contained in Arnhem Coast to Gulf of Carpenteria [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169983 on 2026-10-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169983 on 2026-10-10
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original description
Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 473, pl. XL (fig. E), pl. XLIII (figs. j, j'). [details]
original description (of Stelletta pilula Lebwohl, 1914) Lebwohl, F. (1914). Japanische Tetraxonida, III. Euastrosa und IV. Sterrastrosa. <em>Journal of the College of Sciences, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 35 (5): 1-70, pls I-II.
page(s): 16-17 [details]
original description (of Stelletta pilula var. media Lebwohl, 1914) Lebwohl, F. (1914). Japanische Tetraxonida, III. Euastrosa und IV. Sterrastrosa. <em>Journal of the College of Sciences, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 35 (5): 1-70, pls I-II.
page(s): 20-22 [details]
original description (of Stelletta pilula var. minor Lebwohl, 1914) Lebwohl, F. (1914). Japanische Tetraxonida, III. Euastrosa und IV. Sterrastrosa. <em>Journal of the College of Sciences, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 35 (5): 1-70, pls I-II.
page(s): 20-24 [details]
basis of record Burton, M. (1926). <i>Stelletta purpurea</i>, Ridley, and its variations. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (9) 18: 44-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932608633477
page(s): 45 [details]
additional source Bergquist, P.R. (1968). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 1 (Tetractinomorpha and Lithistida). <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 37: 1-105.
page(s): 45 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1929). Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. <em>British Antarctic ('Terra Nova') Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, Zoology.</em> 6 (4): 393-458, pls I-V.
page(s): 415; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. <em>In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London.</em> Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 192 [details]
additional source Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS)
note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors
additional source Koltun, V.M. (1964). Sponges of the Antarctic. 1 Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. Pp. 6-133, 443-448. <em>In: Pavlovskii, E.P., Andriyashev,A.P. & Ushakov, P.V. (Eds), Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958).</em> Akademya Nauk SSSR [English translation,1966, Israel Program for Scientific Translation].
page(s): 12 (=14); note: Taxonomic comments; not collected [details] Available for editors
additional source Mothes, B.; Lerner, C.B. (1994). Esponjas marinhas do infralitoral de Bombinhas (Santa Catarina, Brasil) com descrição de três espécies novas (Porifera: Calcarea e Demospongiae. <em>Biociências, Porto Alegre.</em> 2(1): 47-62.
page(s): 50; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1993). A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. <em>Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria".</em> 89: 247-350.
page(s): 249 [details] Available for editors
additional source Tendal, O.S. (1969). Demospongiae from the Fiji islands. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn.</em> 132: 31-44.
page(s): 32-33 [details]
page(s): 473, pl. XL (fig. E), pl. XLIII (figs. j, j'). [details]
original description (of Stelletta pilula Lebwohl, 1914) Lebwohl, F. (1914). Japanische Tetraxonida, III. Euastrosa und IV. Sterrastrosa. <em>Journal of the College of Sciences, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 35 (5): 1-70, pls I-II.
page(s): 16-17 [details]
original description (of Stelletta pilula var. media Lebwohl, 1914) Lebwohl, F. (1914). Japanische Tetraxonida, III. Euastrosa und IV. Sterrastrosa. <em>Journal of the College of Sciences, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 35 (5): 1-70, pls I-II.
page(s): 20-22 [details]
original description (of Stelletta pilula var. minor Lebwohl, 1914) Lebwohl, F. (1914). Japanische Tetraxonida, III. Euastrosa und IV. Sterrastrosa. <em>Journal of the College of Sciences, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 35 (5): 1-70, pls I-II.
page(s): 20-24 [details]
basis of record Burton, M. (1926). <i>Stelletta purpurea</i>, Ridley, and its variations. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (9) 18: 44-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932608633477
page(s): 45 [details]
additional source Bergquist, P.R. (1968). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 1 (Tetractinomorpha and Lithistida). <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 37: 1-105.
page(s): 45 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1929). Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. <em>British Antarctic ('Terra Nova') Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, Zoology.</em> 6 (4): 393-458, pls I-V.
page(s): 415; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. <em>In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London.</em> Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 192 [details]
additional source Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS)
note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors
additional source Koltun, V.M. (1964). Sponges of the Antarctic. 1 Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. Pp. 6-133, 443-448. <em>In: Pavlovskii, E.P., Andriyashev,A.P. & Ushakov, P.V. (Eds), Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958).</em> Akademya Nauk SSSR [English translation,1966, Israel Program for Scientific Translation].
page(s): 12 (=14); note: Taxonomic comments; not collected [details] Available for editors
additional source Mothes, B.; Lerner, C.B. (1994). Esponjas marinhas do infralitoral de Bombinhas (Santa Catarina, Brasil) com descrição de três espécies novas (Porifera: Calcarea e Demospongiae. <em>Biociências, Porto Alegre.</em> 2(1): 47-62.
page(s): 50; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1993). A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. <em>Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria".</em> 89: 247-350.
page(s): 249 [details] Available for editors
additional source Tendal, O.S. (1969). Demospongiae from the Fiji islands. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn.</em> 132: 31-44.
page(s): 32-33 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
