World Porifera Database - Species - Scantiletta levispira (Topsent, 1898)

Porifera name details

Scantiletta levispira (Topsent, 1898)

AphiaID

234362 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234362)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted Name

Spiroxya levispira (Topsent, 1898)

Rank

Species

Parent

Scantiletta Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Spiroxya Topsent, 1896

Orig. name

Cliona levispira Topsent, 1898

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Cliona levispira Topsent, 1898) Topsent, E. (1898). Eponges nouvelles des Açores. (Première serie). Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France. 11: 225-255.
page(s): 235-238 [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Scantiletta levispira (Topsent, 1898). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=234362 on 2024-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-11-10 08:03:03Z

created

Samaai, Toufiek

2009-11-10 11:46:06Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Cliona levispira Topsent, 1898) Topsent, E. (1898). Eponges nouvelles des Açores. (Première serie). Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France. 11: 225-255.
page(s): 235-238 [details]

source of synonymy Rosell, D.; Uriz, M.J. (2002). Excavating and endolithic sponge species (Porifera) from the Mediterranean: species descriptions and identification key. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution. 2, 55-86.
page(s): 60-62; fig 3 [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From other sources

Additional material Three specimens from Palamós, 30 m depth, excavating in C. rubrum; three specimens from Blanes, about 100 m depth, excavating in Lophelia pertusa (Pallas); two specimens from Alborán Island,
70–120 m depth, excavating C. rubrum. [details]

Ecology The species has been found excavating the calcareous sponge Petrobiona massiliana (Vacelet & Lévi, 1958) in semi-dark caves (Pouliquen 1972), different species of Cnidaria (Topsent 1898) including C. rubrum (present work), and also calcareous rocks (Bibiloni 1990). [details]