WoRMS taxon details
Calthropella (Calthropella) pathologica (Schmidt, 1868)
555800 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:555800)
accepted
Species
Calthropella pathologica (Schmidt, 1868) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Pachastrissa pathologica (Schmidt, 1868) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Stelletta pathologica Schmidt, 1868 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Stelletta pathologica 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] 
Lectotype (of Stelletta pathologica Schmidt, 1868) MNHN...
Lectotype (of Stelletta pathologica Schmidt, 1868) MNHN DT 753, geounit Western Mediterranean [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. Calthropella (Calthropella) pathologica (Schmidt, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555800 on 2026-03-24
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Nomenclature
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(of Stelletta pathologica 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
page(s): 63; note: Designation and re-description of lectotype. [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
page(s): 63; note: Designation and re-description of lectotype. [details]
Other
additional source
Díaz, J.A.; Ordines, F.; Massutí, E.; Cárdenas, P. (2024). From caves to seamounts: the hidden diversity of tetractinellid sponges from the Balearic Islands, with the description of eight new species. <em>PeerJ.</em> 12., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16584
page(s): 36, fig. 13 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 36, fig. 13 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Stelletta pathologica Schmidt, 1868) MNHN DT 753, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
Paralectotype (of Stelletta pathologica Schmidt, 1868) MNHN DT 754, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
Unknown type (of Calthropella pathologica (Schmidt, 1868)) MNHN DT 753, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
Unknown type (of Calthropella pathologica (Schmidt, 1868)) MNHN DT 753, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
Unknown type (of Calthropella pathologica (Schmidt, 1868)) MNHN DT 754, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
Unknown type (of Calthropella pathologica (Schmidt, 1868)) MNHN DT 754, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Calthropella pathologica (Schmidt, 1868))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Stelletta pathologica Schmidt, 1868)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calthropella pathologica) (from synonym Calthropella pathologica (Schmidt, 1868))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Stelletta pathologica Schmidt, 1868)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Calthropella pathologica (Schmidt, 1868))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pachastrissa pathologica (Schmidt, 1868))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pachastrissa pathologica (Schmidt, 1868))
To PESI (from synonym Calthropella pathologica (Schmidt, 1868))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Stelletta pathologica Schmidt, 1868)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calthropella pathologica) (from synonym Calthropella pathologica (Schmidt, 1868))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Stelletta pathologica Schmidt, 1868)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Calthropella pathologica (Schmidt, 1868))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pachastrissa pathologica (Schmidt, 1868))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pachastrissa pathologica (Schmidt, 1868))
To PESI (from synonym Calthropella pathologica (Schmidt, 1868))
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