World Register of Deep-Sea species - Spongaster Ehrenberg, 1860

Deep-Sea taxon details

Spongaster Ehrenberg, 1860

AphiaID

412939 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:412939)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Spongodiscidae Haeckel, 1862 emend. Riedel, 1967

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Species Spongaster tetras Ehrenberg, 1860

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Deep-Sea (2025). Spongaster Ehrenberg, 1860. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=412939 on 2026-01-20

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Spongaster Ehrenberg, 1860. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=412939 on 2026-01-20

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-08-24 09:44:19Z

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basis of record Nigrini, C.; Moore, T.C. (1979). A guide to modern Radiolaria. Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal research speciespublication No. 16., available online at http://gdcmp1.ucsd.edu/geol_coll/radlit/nm79titl.html [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spongaster)
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