Deep-Sea taxon details
Stryphnus fortis (Vosmaer, 1885)
133988 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133988)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1885). The Sponges of the 'Willem Barents' Expedition 1880 and 1881. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 12 (3): 1-47, pls I-V., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-01201001
page(s): 6 [details]
page(s): 6 [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. Stryphnus fortis (Vosmaer, 1885). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=133988 on 2026-08-31
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Stryphnus fortis (Vosmaer, 1885). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=133988 on 2026-08-31
Date
action
by
original description
(of ) Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1885). The Sponges of the 'Willem Barents' Expedition 1880 and 1881. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 12 (3): 1-47, pls I-V., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-01201001
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls.
note: Mis-identified as Stryphnus ponderosus (cf. Cárdenas & Rapp, 2015) [details] Available for editors
additional source Boury-Esnault, N.; Pansini, M.; Uriz, M.J. (1994). Spongiaires bathyaux de la mer d'Alboran et du golfe ibéro-marocain. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 160: 1-174., available online at http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1994_T160_N000_1
page(s): 45-46; fig 23 [details] Available for editors
additional source Burton, M. (1930). Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1930.tb00989.x
page(s): 488 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cárdenas, P.; Rapp, H.T. (2015). Demosponges from the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge shed more light on the diversity and biogeography of North Atlantic deep-sea sponges. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 95(7), 1475-1516., available online at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9887026&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0025315415000983
page(s): 1494 [details]
additional source Klitgaard A.B.; Tendal O.S. (2004). Distribution and species composition of mass occurrences of large-sized sponges in the northeast Atlantic. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 61(1), 57-98., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079661104000680
note: Identified as Stryphnus ponderosus var. rudis (cf. Cárdenas & Rapp, 2015) [details] Available for editors
additional source Murillo, F.J.; Muñoz, P.D.; Cristobo, J.; Ríos, P.; González, C.; Kenchington, E.; Serrano, A. (2012). Deep-sea sponge grounds of the Flemish Cap, Flemish Pass and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland (Northwest Atlantic Ocean): Distribution and species composition. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 8(9), 842-854., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17451000.2012.682583
note: Mis-identified as Stryphnus ponderosus (cf. Cárdenas & Rapp, 2012). [details] Available for editors
additional source Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 45-46 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 128-129 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 192 [details]
ecology source Cárdenas, P. (2016). Who Produces Ianthelline? The Arctic Sponge <i>Stryphnus fortis</i> or its Sponge Epibiont <i>Hexadella dedritifera</i>: a Probable Case of Sponge-Sponge Contamination. <em>Journal of Chemical Ecology.</em> 42 (4), 339–347., available online at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10886-016-0693-z [details] Available for editors
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls.
note: Mis-identified as Stryphnus ponderosus (cf. Cárdenas & Rapp, 2015) [details] Available for editors
additional source Boury-Esnault, N.; Pansini, M.; Uriz, M.J. (1994). Spongiaires bathyaux de la mer d'Alboran et du golfe ibéro-marocain. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 160: 1-174., available online at http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1994_T160_N000_1
page(s): 45-46; fig 23 [details] Available for editors
additional source Burton, M. (1930). Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1930.tb00989.x
page(s): 488 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cárdenas, P.; Rapp, H.T. (2015). Demosponges from the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge shed more light on the diversity and biogeography of North Atlantic deep-sea sponges. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 95(7), 1475-1516., available online at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9887026&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0025315415000983
page(s): 1494 [details]
additional source Klitgaard A.B.; Tendal O.S. (2004). Distribution and species composition of mass occurrences of large-sized sponges in the northeast Atlantic. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 61(1), 57-98., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079661104000680
note: Identified as Stryphnus ponderosus var. rudis (cf. Cárdenas & Rapp, 2015) [details] Available for editors
additional source Murillo, F.J.; Muñoz, P.D.; Cristobo, J.; Ríos, P.; González, C.; Kenchington, E.; Serrano, A. (2012). Deep-sea sponge grounds of the Flemish Cap, Flemish Pass and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland (Northwest Atlantic Ocean): Distribution and species composition. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 8(9), 842-854., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17451000.2012.682583
note: Mis-identified as Stryphnus ponderosus (cf. Cárdenas & Rapp, 2012). [details] Available for editors
additional source Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 45-46 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 128-129 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 192 [details]
ecology source Cárdenas, P. (2016). Who Produces Ianthelline? The Arctic Sponge <i>Stryphnus fortis</i> or its Sponge Epibiont <i>Hexadella dedritifera</i>: a Probable Case of Sponge-Sponge Contamination. <em>Journal of Chemical Ecology.</em> 42 (4), 339–347., available online at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10886-016-0693-z [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
