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Porifera taxon details

Melophlus sarasinorum Thiele, 1899

169852  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169852)

accepted
Species
Asteropus sarasinorum (Thiele, 1899) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Jaspis bandae Brøndsted, 1934 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Stellettinopsis isis de Laubenfels, 1954 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Thiele, J. (1899). Studien über pazifische Spongien. II. Ueber einige Spongien von Celebes. Zoologica. <em>Original-Abhandlungen aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Zoologie. Stuttgart.</em> 24 (2): 1-33, pls I-V.
page(s): 8-9 [details] OpenAccess publication
Holotype  NHMB 4, geounit Sulawesi Sea/Makassar...  
Holotype NHMB 4, geounit Sulawesi Sea/Makassar Strait [details]
Holotype ZMB 2885, geounit Sulawesi Sea/Makassar Strait [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. Melophlus sarasinorum Thiele, 1899. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=169852 on 2026-02-22
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original description Thiele, J. (1899). Studien über pazifische Spongien. II. Ueber einige Spongien von Celebes. Zoologica. <em>Original-Abhandlungen aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Zoologie. Stuttgart.</em> 24 (2): 1-33, pls I-V.
page(s): 8-9 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Stellettinopsis isis de Laubenfels, 1954) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1954). The Sponges of the West-Central Pacific. <em>Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology.</em> 7: i-x, 1-306,pls I-XII.
page(s): 221-224 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Jaspis bandae Brøndsted, 1934) Brøndsted, H.V. (1934). Sponges. <i>In</i>: Van Straelen, V. (Ed.), Résultats Scientifiques du Voyage aux Indes Orientales Néerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. le Prince et la Princesse Léopold de Belgique. <em>Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, Hors série.</em> 2 (15): 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1785774
page(s): 8-10 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Sandes, J.; Lira, J.; Pinheiro, U.; Muricy, G. (2020). Taxonomy of <i>Melophlus</i> Thiele, 1899 and <i>Stellettinopsis</i> Carter, 1879, with description of two new species from Brazil (Demospongiae: Astrophorina). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 50(2)., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-019-01037-8#citeas
page(s): 22-23; note: This is the first redescription of the holotype. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source O'Brien, S.; Lacret, R.; Reddy, M.M.; Jennings, L. K.; Sánchez, P.; Reyes, F.; Mungkaje, A.; Calabro, K.; Thomas, O.P. (2023). Additional Sarasinosides from the Marine Sponge <i>Melophlus sarasinorum</i> Collected from the Bismarck Sea. <em>Journal of Natural Products.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c01045 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hooper, J.N.A. (2008). Sponges. Pp 170-186. In: P. Hutchings, M.J. Kingsford & I.O. Hoegh-Guldberg (eds). The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and management. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/9780643098275
page(s): 180 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Fromont, J.; Vanderklift, M.A. (2009). Porifera (sponges) of Mermaid, Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, north Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement 77: 89-103., available online at https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0313-122x.77.2009.089-103
page(s): 94 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1996). Sponges from the Bismarck Sea. <em>Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universitá di Genova.</em> 60-61: 101-138.
page(s): 103 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Asteropus sarasinorum (Thiele, 1899)) Bergquist, P.R.; Morton, J.E.; Tizard, C.A. (1971). Some Demospongiae from the Solomon Islands with descriptive notes on the major sponge habitats. <em>Micronesica.</em> 7 (1-2): 99-121.
page(s): 103 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Asteropus sarasinorum (Thiele, 1899)) Thomas, P.A. (2002). Sponges of Papua and New Guinea. IV. Orders Hadromerida Topsent and Epipolasida Sollas. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 44 (1-2): 187-195.
page(s): 192-193 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Asteropus sarasinorum (Thiele, 1899)) Kauferstein, S.; Mebs, D. (1999). Living in a risky environment. <em>Coral Reefs.</em> 18(2): 106-106., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s003380050164 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Jaspis bandae Brøndsted, 1934) Willenz, P. (1994). Annotated catalogue of Porifera type specimens in the Belgian national collections. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.</em> 64: 5-15. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference (of Asteropus sarasinorum (Thiele, 1899)) Bergquist, P.R. (1965). The Sponges of Micronesia, Part I. The Palau Archipelago. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 19 (2): 123-204.
page(s): 187-190 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Holotype NHMB 4, geounit Sulawesi Sea/Makassar Strait [details]
Holotype ZMB 2885, geounit Sulawesi Sea/Makassar Strait [details]
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