WoRMS taxon details
Dercitus (Halinastra) exostoticus (Schmidt, 1868)
555680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:555680)
accepted
Species
Calthropella exostitus · unaccepted (genus transfer and misspelling of...)
genus transfer and misspelling of species name
Halinastra exostotica (Schmidt, 1868) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Pachastrella exostitus · unaccepted (genus transfer and meisspelling...)
genus transfer and meisspelling of species name
Pachastrella exostotica Schmidt, 1868 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Stoeba exostitus · unaccepted (genus transfer and misspelling of...)
genus transfer and misspelling of species name
Stoeba exostotica (Schmidt, 1868) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pachastrella exostotica Schmidt, 1868) Schmidt, O. (1868). Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V. [details] 
Holotype (of Pachastrella exostotica Schmidt, 1868)...
Holotype (of Pachastrella exostotica Schmidt, 1868) ZMB 287, geounit Southern Red 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. Dercitus (Halinastra) exostoticus (Schmidt, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555680 on 2026-09-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pachastrella exostotica Schmidt, 1868) Schmidt, O. (1868). Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V. [details] 
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; de Voogd, N.J. (2010). Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho-)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida). <em>Zookeys.</em> 68: 1-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.68.729 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; de Voogd, N.J. (2010). Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho-)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida). <em>Zookeys.</em> 68: 1-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.68.729 [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Holotype (of Pachastrella exostotica Schmidt, 1868) ZMB 287, geounit Southern Red Sea [details]