World Porifera Database - Species - Donatia repens (Schmidt, 1870)

Porifera name details

Donatia repens (Schmidt, 1870)

AphiaID

608062 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:608062)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Stellitethya repens (Schmidt, 1870)

Rank

Species

Parent

Donatia Nardo, 1833 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815

Original name

Tethya repens Schmidt, 1870

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Tethya repens Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 51 [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. Donatia repens (Schmidt, 1870). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=608062 on 2026-08-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-08-27 13:25:21Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)

original description (of Tethya repens Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 51 [details]

additional source Dendy, A.; Burton, M. (1926). Report on some deep-sea sponges from the Indian Museum collected by the R.I.M.S. "Investigator". Part I. Hexactinellida and Tetractinellida (pars). <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 28(4): 225-248., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v28/i4/1926/163228
page(s): 247; note: Misapplication [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality