Deep-Sea taxon details
Crella (Yvesia) pyrula (Carter, 1876)
169084 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169084)
accepted
Species
Cometella pyrula Carter, 1876 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Crella pyrula (Carter, 1876) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Grayella pyrula (Carter, 1876) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Sclerilla dura Hansen, 1885 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Yvesia pyrula (Carter, 1876) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cometella pyrula Carter, 1876) Carter, H.J. (1876). Descriptions and Figures of Deep-Sea Sponges and their Spicules, from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine', chiefly in 1869 (concluded). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 18(105): 226-240; (106): 307-324; (107): 388-410;(108): 458-479, pls XII-XVI., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937608682078 [details] 
Holotype (of Cometella pyrula Carter, 1876) BMNH...
, Note This is the type species of the unaccepted...
Holotype (of Cometella pyrula Carter, 1876) BMNH 1882.7.2.8.11, geounit Celtic Seas [details]
Type species This is the type species of the unaccepted genus Yvesiella. [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. Crella (Yvesia) pyrula (Carter, 1876). 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=169084 on 2026-09-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Crella (Yvesia) pyrula (Carter, 1876). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169084 on 2026-09-06
original description
(of Cometella pyrula Carter, 1876) Carter, H.J. (1876). Descriptions and Figures of Deep-Sea Sponges and their Spicules, from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine', chiefly in 1869 (concluded). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 18(105): 226-240; (106): 307-324; (107): 388-410;(108): 458-479, pls XII-XVI., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937608682078 [details]
original description (of Sclerilla dura Hansen, 1885) Hansen, G.A. (1885). Spongiadae. The Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition 1876-1878. <em>Zoology.</em> 13: 1-26, pls I-VII, 1 map. [details]
basis of record Dinn, C.; Leys, S.P. (2018). Field Guide to sponges of Eastern Canadian Arctic. <em>Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, T6G 2E9.</em> 1-102.
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Crellidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 556-566. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Crellidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 556-566. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_59 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Sclerilla dura Hansen, 1885) Hansen, G.A. (1885). Spongiadae. The Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition 1876-1878. <em>Zoology.</em> 13: 1-26, pls I-VII, 1 map. [details]
basis of record Dinn, C.; Leys, S.P. (2018). Field Guide to sponges of Eastern Canadian Arctic. <em>Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, T6G 2E9.</em> 1-102.
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Crellidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 556-566. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Crellidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 556-566. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_59 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Cometella pyrula Carter, 1876) BMNH 1882.7.2.8.11, geounit Celtic Seas [details]
From editor or global species database
Type species This is the type species of the unaccepted genus Yvesiella. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pear-shaped horny sponge [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | éponge poire [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Sclerilla dura Hansen, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Grayella pyrula (Carter, 1876))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Cometella pyrula Carter, 1876)
To PESI (from synonym Cometella pyrula Carter, 1876)
To PESI (from synonym Crella pyrula (Carter, 1876))
To PESI
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Grayella pyrula (Carter, 1876))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Cometella pyrula Carter, 1876)
To PESI (from synonym Cometella pyrula Carter, 1876)
To PESI (from synonym Crella pyrula (Carter, 1876))
To PESI
