World Porifera Database - Species - Megapogon crucifer (Poléjaeff, 1883)

WoRMS taxon details

Megapogon crucifer (Poléjaeff, 1883)

AphiaID

164196 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164196)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Megapogon Jenkin, 1908

Original name

Leuconia crucifera Poléjaeff, 1883

Synonymised names

Leuconia crucifera Poléjaeff, 1883 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Megapogon cruciferus (Poléjaeff, 1883) · unaccepted (incorrect spelling due to...)

incorrect spelling due to agreement in gender

Scypha crucifera (Poléjaeff, 1883) · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Leuconia crucifera Poléjaeff, 1883) Poléjaeff, N. (1883). Report on the Calcarea dredged by H.M.S.'Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger', 1873–76. Zoology. 8 (2): 1-76, pl. I-IX., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-24/README.htm
page(s): 60-61 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Azores Canaries Madeira

type locality contained in Azores Canaries Madeira [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Megapogon crucifer (Poléjaeff, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164196 on 2024-12-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2009-09-16 11:15:52Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Leuconia crucifera Poléjaeff, 1883) Poléjaeff, N. (1883). Report on the Calcarea dredged by H.M.S.'Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger', 1873–76. Zoology. 8 (2): 1-76, pl. I-IX., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-24/README.htm
page(s): 60-61 [details]

additional source Alvizu, A.; Xavier, J.R.; Rapp, H.T. (2019). Description of new chiactine-bearing sponges provides insights into the higher classification of Calcaronea (Porifera: Calcarea). Zootaxa. 4615(2): 201-251., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.1
page(s): 224 [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Megapogon cruciferus (Poléjaeff, 1883))