North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

AfReMaS name details

Sphinctrella gracilis Sollas, 1888

AphiaID

134098 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134098)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Vulcanella gracilis (Sollas, 1888)

Rank

Species

Parent

Sphinctrella Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Vulcanella Sollas, 1886

Original name

Sphinctrella gracilis Sollas, 1888

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873â€“76. Zoology. 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): 89-90; pl XLII; figs 1-2 [details]

Taxonomic citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; CÃ¡rdenas, P.; DÃaz, 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.; RÃos, P.; RÃ¼tzler, K.; SchÃ¶nberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Sphinctrella gracilis Sollas, 1888. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134098 on 2025-05-12

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Sphinctrella gracilis Sollas, 1888. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134098 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2005-12-05 19:30:18Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2011-01-23 14:32:27Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2012-04-19 09:30:54Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

[taxonomic tree]

original description Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873â€“76. Zoology. 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): 89-90; pl XLII; figs 1-2 [details]

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Boury-Esnault, N.; Pansini, M.; Uriz, M.J. (1994). Spongiaires bathyaux de la mer d'Alboran et du golfe ibÃ©ro-marocain. MÃ©moires du MusÃ©um national d'Histoire naturelle. 160: 1-174., available online at http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1994_T160_N000_1
page(s): 50; fig 27 [details] Available for editors

additional source Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen). 4: 111-147. [details] Available for editors

additional source Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London. Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 183; note: Misapplication [details]

additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1983). A collection of Mediterranean Demospongiae (Porifera) with, in appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. 84: 445-621.
page(s): 469-470; fig 11 [details] Available for editors

additional source Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des AÃ§ores. RÃ©sultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 25: 1-280, pls 1-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 88; pl IV fig 2 [details]

additional source Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la MÃ©diterranÃ©e provenant des croisiÃ¨res du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. RÃ©sultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 131 [details]

additional source Uriz, M.J. (1981). Estudio sistemÃ¡tico de las esponjas Astrophorida (Demospongia) de los fondos de pesca de arrastre, entre Tossa y Calella (CataluÃ±a). BoletÃn del Instituto EspaÃ±ol de OceanografÃa. 6(4):7-58.
page(s): 42-45 [details]

additional source Vacelet, J. (1969). Eponges de la Roche du Large et de l'Ã©tage bathyal de MÃ©diterranÃ©e (RÃ©coltes de la soucoupe plongeante Cousteau et dragages). MÃ©moires du MusÃ©um national d'Histoire naturelle. MÃ©moires du MusÃ©um national d'Histoire naturelle (A, Zoologie). 59(2): 145-219, pls I-IV.
page(s): 167 [details] Available for editors

additional source Maldonado, M. (1992). Demosponges of the red coral bottoms from the Alboran Sea. Journal of Natural History. 26: 1131-1161. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 1133 [details] Available for editors

additional source SarÃ , M. (1958). Contributo all consoscenza dei Poriferi del Mar Ligure. Annali di Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Genova. 70(1): 207-244.
page(s): 213-216; fig 1 [details] Available for editors

additional source Uriz, M.J. (1979). Nota sobre algunas esponjas (Demonspongia) nuevas para el litoral iberico. Primer Simposio de Bentos, San Sebastian 9-11 Abril 1979. 65-86.
page(s): 68-69 [details]

additional source Zibrowius, H.; Taviani, M. (2005). Remarkable sessile fauna associated with deep coral and other calcareous substrates in the Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea. in Freiwald A, Roberts JM (eds), Cold-water Corals and Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp 807-819.
page(s): 812 [details] Available for editors