World Porifera Database - Species

Porifera name details

Didiscus acerata

AphiaID

234318 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234318)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (misspelling of species name)

Accepted name

Didiscus aceratus (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)

Rank

Species

Parent

Didiscus Dendy, 1922

Original name

Latrunculia acerata Ridley & Dendy, 1886

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Latrunculia acerata Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1886). Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Part I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 18: 325-351, 470-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459998
page(s): 492-493 [details]

(of Latrunculia acerata Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 239-240 [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. Didiscus acerata. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=234318 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-11-09 07:59:59Z

created

Samaai, Toufiek

2007-08-21 14:09:35Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2018-09-10 09:37:12Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Latrunculia acerata Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1886). Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Part I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 18: 325-351, 470-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459998
page(s): 492-493 [details]

original description (of Latrunculia acerata Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 239-240 [details]

basis of record Samaai, T.; Gibbons, M.J.; Kelly, M. (2006). Revision of the genus Latrunculia du Bocage, 1869 (Porifera: Demospongiae: Latrunculiidae) with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Northeastern Pacific. Zootaxa. 1127: 1-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1127.1.1
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors

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Unreviewed

Holotype BMNH1887.5.2.79 (Type) [details]

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