Deep-Sea taxon details
Phorbas megasigma Ríos & Cristobo, 2007
255136 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255136)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ríos, P.; Cristobo, J. (2007). A new species of<i> Phorbas</i> (Porifera: Poecilosclerida) from the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 87 (6): 1485-1490., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315407058079
page(s): 1486-1488 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 1486-1488 [details] Available for editors
Holotype MNCN, geounit Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea
Holotype MNCN, geounit Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [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. Phorbas megasigma Ríos & Cristobo, 2007. 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=255136 on 2026-07-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Phorbas megasigma Ríos & Cristobo, 2007. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255136 on 2026-07-10
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Ríos, P.; Cristobo, J. (2007). A new species of<i> Phorbas</i> (Porifera: Poecilosclerida) from the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 87 (6): 1485-1490., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315407058079
page(s): 1486-1488 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Ríos, P. (2006). Esponjas del Orden Poecilosclerida de las campañas españolas de bentos antártico. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela- Spain.</em> 552 pp. [In Spanish].
page(s): 227-235 as Phorbas sp.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Göcke, C.; Janussen, D. (2013). Demospongiae of ANT XXIV/2 (SYSTCO I) Expedition—Antarctic Eastern Weddell Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3692(1): 28-101., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/z03692p101f.pdf
page(s): 57-59 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 1486-1488 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Ríos, P. (2006). Esponjas del Orden Poecilosclerida de las campañas españolas de bentos antártico. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela- Spain.</em> 552 pp. [In Spanish].
page(s): 227-235 as Phorbas sp.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Göcke, C.; Janussen, D. (2013). Demospongiae of ANT XXIV/2 (SYSTCO I) Expedition—Antarctic Eastern Weddell Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3692(1): 28-101., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/z03692p101f.pdf
page(s): 57-59 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MNCN, geounit Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
