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Suberites aurantiacus (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

170835  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170835)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Suberitida (Order)
  7. Suberitidae (Family)
  8. Suberites (Genus)
  9. Suberites aurantiacus (Species)
accepted
Species
Laxosuberites zeteki de Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Suberites zeteki (de Laubenfels, 1936) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Terpios zeteki (de Laubenfels, 1936) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Terpios aurantiaca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 99-100 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean  
type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. Suberites aurantiacus (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170835 on 2025-04-26
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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2006-10-13 12:35:32Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2007-01-12 20:24:54Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description (of Terpios aurantiaca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 99-100 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Laxosuberites zeteki de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A comparison of the shallow-water sponges near the Pacific end of the Panama Canal with those at the Caribbean end. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 83 (2993): 441-466.
page(s): 450, fig. 42 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Moraes, F.C. (2011). Esponjas das Ilhas Oceânicas Brasileiras. Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Série Livros 44. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 252 pp. [details] 

additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 12 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Fortunato, H.F.M.; Pérez, T.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G. (2020). Morphological description of six species of Suberitida (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the unexplored north-eastern coast of Brazil, with emphasis on two new species. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 100 (3): 389-400., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315420000296
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 67-68 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bettcher, L.; Fernandez, J.C.; Gastaldi, M.; Bispo, A.; Leal, C.V.; Leite, D.; Avelino-Alves, D.; Clerier, P.H.; Rezende, D.; Gulart, C.M.; Pinheiro, U.; Hajdu, E. (2023). Checklist, diversity descriptors and selected descriptions of a highly diverse intertidal sponge (Porifera) assemblage at Costa do Descobrimento (Bahia, Brazil). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5277(3): 443-489., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.3.2
page(s): 451 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source De La Cruz-Francisco, V. (2025). Esponjas marinas (Porifera: Demospongiae) de los espigones de Tuxpan, Veracruz, con nuevos registros para México. <em>Novitates Caribaea.</em> (25): 1-20., available online at https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi25.366
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Terpios zeteki (de Laubenfels, 1936)) Rützler, K.; Smith, K.P. (1993). The genus <i>Terpios</i> (Suberitidae) and new species in the “<i>Lobiceps</i>” complex. Pp. 381-393. <i>In</i>: Uriz, M.-J. & Rützler, K. (Eds), Recent Advances in Ecology and Systematics of Sponges. <em>Scientia Marina,.</em> 57 (4): 273-432. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record (of Terpios aurantiaca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Rützler, K.; Smith, K.P. (1993). The genus <i>Terpios</i> (Suberitidae) and new species in the “<i>Lobiceps</i>” complex. Pp. 381-393. <i>In</i>: Uriz, M.-J. & Rützler, K. (Eds), Recent Advances in Ecology and Systematics of Sponges. <em>Scientia Marina,.</em> 57 (4): 273-432. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record (of Suberites aurantiaca (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) Rützler, K.; Smith, K.P. (1993). The genus <i>Terpios</i> (Suberitidae) and new species in the “<i>Lobiceps</i>” complex. Pp. 381-393. <i>In</i>: Uriz, M.-J. & Rützler, K. (Eds), Recent Advances in Ecology and Systematics of Sponges. <em>Scientia Marina,.</em> 57 (4): 273-432.
page(s): 390 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Suberites aurantiaca (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 471 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Suberites aurantiaca (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Laxosuberites aurantiacus (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) Mothes, B.; Lerner, C.B. (1994). Esponjas marinhas do infralitoral de Bombinhas (Santa Catarina, Brasil) com descrição de três espécies novas (Porifera: Calcarea e Demospongiae. <em>Biociências, Porto Alegre.</em> 2(1): 47-62.
page(s): 51 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Suberites aurantiaca (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 80 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Terpios aurantiaca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. (1983). Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). <em>Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 9 (21): 189-205.
page(s): 200 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Terpios aurantiaca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Rützler, K. (1986). Phylum Porifera (Sponges). Pp. 111-126. <em>in: W. Sterrer (ed.) Marine Fauna and Flora of Bermuda. John Wiley & Sons, New York.</em> i-xxx, 1-742.
page(s): 124 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Terpios aurantiaca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Rützler, K.; Díaz, M.C.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Zea, S.; Smith, K.P.; Alvarez, B.; Wulff, J. (2000). Diversity of sponge fauna in mangrove ponds, Pelican Cays, Belize. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 476: 230-248.
page(s): 234 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Terpios zeteki (de Laubenfels, 1936)) Hechtel, G.J. (1965). A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 20: 1-103.
page(s): 59-60; pl VII fig 3 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Terpios zeteki (de Laubenfels, 1936)) Kelly-Borges, M.; Bergquist, P.R. (1988). Sponges from Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. <em>Indo-Malayan Zoology.</em> 5: 121-159.
page(s): 129-130; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Terpios zeteki (de Laubenfels, 1936)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1950). The Sponges of Kaneohe Bay, Oahu. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 4 (1): 3-36.
page(s): 28-30; note: misapplication [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Terpios zeteki (de Laubenfels, 1936)) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 88-89; fig 17 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Terpios zeteki (de Laubenfels, 1936)) Alcolado, P.M. 1980. Esponjas de Cuba. Nuevos registros. Poeyana 197: 1-10.
page(s): 6 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Terpios zeteki (de Laubenfels, 1936)) Lehnert, H. (1993). Die Schwämme von Cozumel (Mexiko). Bestandsaufnahme, kritischer Vergleich taxonomischer Merkmale, und Beschreibung einer neuen Art (The sponges from Cozumel (Mexico). Inventory, critical comparison of taxonomic characters and description of a new species. <em>Acta Biolologica Benrodis.</em> 5: 35-127 (in German, with abstracts in German and English).
page(s): 62 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Terpios zeteki (de Laubenfels, 1936)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 7 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Terpios zeteki (de Laubenfels, 1936)) Díaz, H.; Bevilacqua, M.; Bone, D. (1985). Esponjas en manglares del Parque Nacional Morrocoy. <em>Fondo Editorial Acta Cientifica Venezolanos, Caracas.</em> Pp. 1-62.
page(s): 27 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy (of Terpios zeteki (de Laubenfels, 1936)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1950). The Porifera of the Bermuda archipelago. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 27(1): 1-154.
page(s): 106 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Suberites zeteki (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Suberites aurantiaca (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Terpios zeteki (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Terpios aurantiaca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Suberites aurantiacus) 
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins) 
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Suberites zeteki (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Terpios aurantiaca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Terpios zeteki (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Suberites aurantiacus) 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Suberites aurantiacus) 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Suberites aurantiacus) 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Suberites aurantiacus) 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Suberites aurantiacus) 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Suberites auranticus) 
To The Sponge Guide 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Terpios aurantiaca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (16 records) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Terpios zeteki (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (6 records) (from synonym Laxosuberites zeteki de Laubenfels, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 22212) (from synonym Laxosuberites zeteki de Laubenfels, 1936)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 085091) 
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To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 085091)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 085091)
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