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Porifera taxon details

Spiroxya sarai (Melone, 1965)

183650  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:183650)

accepted
Species
Scantiletta sarai (Melone, 1965) · unaccepted (preoccupied genus name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cliona sarai Melone, 1965) Melone, N. (1965). I Poriferi associati a <i>Corallium rubrum</i> (L.) della Sardegna. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova.</em> 75:344-358.
page(s): 348_350; fig 2 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Type locality contained in Western Mediterranean  
type locality contained in Western Mediterranean [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. Spiroxya sarai (Melone, 1965). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=183650 on 2026-06-04
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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2005-09-09 16:45:37Z
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original description (of Cliona sarai Melone, 1965) Melone, N. (1965). I Poriferi associati a <i>Corallium rubrum</i> (L.) della Sardegna. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova.</em> 75:344-358.
page(s): 348_350; fig 2 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
page(s): 2158 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Cliona sarai Melone, 1965) Corriero, G.; Abbiati, M.; Santangelo, G. (1997). Sponges inhabiting a Mediteranean red coral population. <em>Marine Ecology.</em> 18 (2), 147-155., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1997.tb00433.x
page(s): 149 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Cliona sarai Melone, 1965) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference (of Scantiletta sarai (Melone, 1965)) Rosell, D.; Uriz, M.J. (2002). Excavating and endolithic sponge species (Porifera) from the Mediterranean: species descriptions and identification key. <em>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution.</em> 2, 55-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.1078/1439-6092-00033
page(s): 62 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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