WoRMS name details
Stelospongus Ridley, 1884
184907 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184907)
unaccepted (unjustified emendation for Stelospongos)
Genus
- Species Stelospongus costifera (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Fasciospongia costifera (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
- Species Stelospongus cribrocrusta Carter, 1886 accepted as Thorecta latus (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Stelospongus euplectella (Hentschel, 1912) accepted as Fasciospongia euplectella (Hentschel, 1912) (genus transfer)
- Species Stelospongus excavatus Ridley, 1884 accepted as Thorectandra excavatus (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
- Species Stelospongus flabelliformis Carter, 1885 accepted as Thorecta farlovii (Hyatt, 1877) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Stelospongus implexus Ridley, 1884 accepted as Dysidea implexa (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
- Species Stelospongus intertextus Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Ircinia intertexta (Hyatt, 1877)
- Species Stelospongus latus Carter, 1885 accepted as Thorecta latus (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer)
- Species Stelospongus operculum (Lendenfeld, 1897) accepted as Fasciospongia operculum (Lendenfeld, 1897) (genus transfer)
- Species Stelospongus tuberculatus Carter, 1885 accepted as Thorecta tuberculatus (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer)
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): 383 [details]
page(s): 383 [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. Stelospongus Ridley, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=184907 on 2026-07-15
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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): 383 [details]
page(s): 383 [details]
