Deep-Sea taxon details
Petromica (Petromica) massalis Dendy, 1905
387375 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387375)
accepted
Species
Petromica massalis Dendy, 1905 · alternative representation (subgenus assignment and rank elevation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Petromica massalis Dendy, 1905) 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): 104-105 [details]
page(s): 104-105 [details]
Holotype (of Petromica massalis Dendy, 1905) BMNH...
Holotype (of Petromica massalis Dendy, 1905) BMNH 1907.2.1.19, geounit South India and Sri Lanka [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. Petromica (Petromica) massalis Dendy, 1905. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387375 on 2026-06-28
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Petromica (Petromica) massalis Dendy, 1905. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387375 on 2026-06-28
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(of Petromica massalis Dendy, 1905) 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): 104-105 [details]
basis of record List-Armitage, S.E.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Discovery of <i>Petromica</i> Topsent in the Pacific Ocean: a revision of the genus with a new subgenus (<i>Chaladesma</i> subgen. nov.) and a new species (<i>P. (C.) pacifica</i> sp. nov.), (Porifera: Demospongiae: Halichondrida: Halichondriidae). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 16 (5): 813-835., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/it00036 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 104-105 [details]
basis of record List-Armitage, S.E.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Discovery of <i>Petromica</i> Topsent in the Pacific Ocean: a revision of the genus with a new subgenus (<i>Chaladesma</i> subgen. nov.) and a new species (<i>P. (C.) pacifica</i> sp. nov.), (Porifera: Demospongiae: Halichondrida: Halichondriidae). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 16 (5): 813-835., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/it00036 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Petromica massalis Dendy, 1905) BMNH 1907.2.1.19, geounit South India and Sri Lanka [details]
