World Porifera Database - Species - Alectona jamaicensis Pang, 1973

Porifera taxon details

Alectona jamaicensis Pang, 1973

AphiaID

170390 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170390)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Alectona Carter, 1879

Original name

Alectona jamaicensis Pang, 1973

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Pang, R.K. (1973). The systematics of some Jamaican excavating sponges (Porifera). Postilla. 161: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.24559
page(s): 50-53; fig 15 [details]

Type data

Holotype YPM 8718, geounit Greater Antilles

Holotype YPM 8718, geounit Greater Antilles [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Alectona jamaicensis Pang, 1973. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170390 on 2026-08-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2010-02-22 19:19:49Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

[taxonomic tree] [clear cache]

original description Pang, R.K. (1973). The systematics of some Jamaican excavating sponges (Porifera). Postilla. 161: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.24559
page(s): 50-53; fig 15 [details]

additional source Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. Beaufortia. 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 79 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype YPM 8718, geounit Greater Antilles [details]

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