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Porifera taxon details

Stelletta sphaerica Burton, 1926

169997 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169997)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Burton, M. (1926). Descriptions of South African sponges collected in the South African Marine Survey. Part I. Myxospongida and Astrotetraxonida. <em>Fisheries Bulletin. Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey Division, Union of South Africa.</em> Report 4, Special Report 9 (6): 1-29.
page(s): 6-7 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Namaqua  
type locality contained in Namaqua [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. Stelletta sphaerica Burton, 1926. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=169997 on 2026-10-15
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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original description Burton, M. (1926). Descriptions of South African sponges collected in the South African Marine Survey. Part I. Myxospongida and Astrotetraxonida. <em>Fisheries Bulletin. Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey Division, Union of South Africa.</em> Report 4, Special Report 9 (6): 1-29.
page(s): 6-7 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Samaai, T. (2006). Biodiversity "hotspots", patterns of richness and endemism, and distribution of marine sponges in South Africa based on actual and interpolation data: A comparative approach. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1358: 1-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1358.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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