World Porifera Database - Species - Aurora aurora (Hentschel, 1909)

Porifera name details

Aurora aurora (Hentschel, 1909)

AphiaID

1486262 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1486262)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Accepted name

Geodia aurora (Hentschel, 1909)

Rank

Species

Parent

Aurora Sollas, 1888 accepted as Rhabdastrella Thiele, 1903

Original name

Stelletta aurora Hentschel, 1909

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Variety Aurora aurora var. arenosa (Hentschel, 1909) accepted as Rhabdastrella aurora (Hentschel, 1909) accepted as Geodia aurora (Hentschel, 1909) (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Stelletta aurora Hentschel, 1909) Hentschel, E. (1909). Tetraxonida. I. Teil. Pp. 347-402, pls XXII-XXIII. In: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. 2 :21.
page(s): 361-362 [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Aurora aurora (Hentschel, 1909). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1486262 on 2026-09-27

Taxonomic edit history

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2021-02-27 09:17:56Z

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Cárdenas, Paco

2026-09-27 13:02:10Z

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Cárdenas, Paco

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Sources (2)

original description (of Stelletta aurora Hentschel, 1909) Hentschel, E. (1909). Tetraxonida. I. Teil. Pp. 347-402, pls XXII-XXIII. In: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. 2 :21.
page(s): 361-362 [details]

basis of record Dendy, A. (1916). Report on the Homosclerophora and Astrotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. In: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Vol. 6. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 17 (2): 225-271,pls 44-48., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1916.tb00596.x
page(s): 242; note: Stelletta aurora is added to the genus Aurora. [details]