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Racodiscula asteroides Zittel, 1878

171240  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171240)

accepted
Species
Corallistes polydiscus sensu Schmidt, 1870 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Discodermia nucerium Schmidt, 1879 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Racodiscula nucerium (Schmidt, 1879) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Zittel, K.A. (1878). Studien über fossile Spongien. II. Lithistidae. <em>Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Königlich-Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 13 (1): 65-154. [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Neotype  ZPAL Pf.15/1, geounit Eastern Caribbean, ...  
Neotype ZPAL Pf.15/1, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Neotype ZPAL Pf.15/1, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Depth range The Neotype depth data provided by Pisera & Lévi, 2002 are not entirely correct: they give 108-170 m, whereas it must be...  
Depth range The Neotype depth data provided by Pisera & Lévi, 2002 are not entirely correct: they give 108-170 m, whereas it must be 127 m. [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Racodiscula asteroides Zittel, 1878. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=171240 on 2024-04-19
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original description Zittel, K.A. (1878). Studien über fossile Spongien. II. Lithistidae. <em>Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Königlich-Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 13 (1): 65-154. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Corallistes polydiscus sensu Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 24 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Racodiscula nucerium (Schmidt, 1879)) Schmidt, O. (1879). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Abtheilung I. Heft I. Pp. 1-32, pls I-IV. <i>In</i>:Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer: Jena).  [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Discodermia nucerium Schmidt, 1879) Schmidt, O. (1879). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Abtheilung I. Heft I. Pp. 1-32, pls I-IV. <i>In</i>:Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer: Jena).
page(s): 25-26 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source 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 Carter, H.J. (1885). Report on a Collection of Marine Sponges from Japan, made by Dr. J. Anderson. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 15 (89): 387-406, pls XII-XIV.
page(s): 400-402; note: Misapplication [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stentoft, N. (1988). Barbados Deep-Water Sponges. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 122. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao andother Caribbean Islands.</em> 70(215): 1-175.
page(s): 52-54; fig 23 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

redescription Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002). Family Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903. Pp. 327-337. <em>In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903. Pp. 327-337. <em>In: Hooper, J. N.A.; Van Soest, R. W.M 2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. Vol I. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers), NY,.</em> 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Corallistes polydiscus sensu Schmidt, 1870) 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] 

new combination reference  (of Racodiscula nucerium (Schmidt, 1879)) Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 331 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
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Neotype ZPAL Pf.15/1, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Neotype ZPAL Pf.15/1, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Syntype (of Discodermia nucerium Schmidt, 1879) ZMUB, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range The Neotype depth data provided by Pisera & Lévi, 2002 are not entirely correct: they give 108-170 m, whereas it must be 127 m. [details]


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