Deep-Sea taxon details
Stereonephthya portoricensis (Hargitt, 1901)
418848 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:418848)
accepted
Species
Neospongodes portoricensis (Hargitt, 1901) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Spongodes portoricensis Hargitt in Hargitt & Rogers, 1901 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Spongodes portoricensis Hargitt in Hargitt & Rogers, 1901) Hargitt, C. W.; Rogers, C. G. (1901). The Alcyonaria of Porto Rico. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> 20 (2):265-287., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53676140 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Stereonephthya portoricensis (Hargitt, 1901). 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=418848 on 2026-09-13
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Stereonephthya portoricensis (Hargitt, 1901). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=418848 on 2026-09-13
original description
(of Spongodes portoricensis Hargitt in Hargitt & Rogers, 1901) Hargitt, C. W.; Rogers, C. G. (1901). The Alcyonaria of Porto Rico. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> 20 (2):265-287., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53676140 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
new combination reference Verseveldt, J. (1983). The Octocorallian genera Spongodes Lesson, Neospongodes Kükenthal and Stereonephthya Kükenthal. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 33(1): 1-13., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/548867 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
new combination reference Verseveldt, J. (1983). The Octocorallian genera Spongodes Lesson, Neospongodes Kükenthal and Stereonephthya Kükenthal. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 33(1): 1-13., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/548867 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type USNM 55646, geounit Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Neospongodes portoricensis (Hargitt, 1901))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Spongodes portoricensis Hargitt in Hargitt & Rogers, 1901)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (35 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 006054.CN) (from synonym Neospongodes portoricensis (Hargitt, 1901))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Spongodes portoricensis Hargitt in Hargitt & Rogers, 1901)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (35 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 006054.CN) (from synonym Neospongodes portoricensis (Hargitt, 1901))
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
