Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Astrophorida > Family Geodiidae > Subfamily Erylinae > Genus Erylus

Erylus discophorus (Schmidt, 1862)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Erylus*	Gray, 1867	accepted genus name
*Scutastra*	Ferrer-Hernàndez, 1912	synonym

Species group names

*Stellata discophorus*	Schmidt, 1862	orthographic variant
*Stellata discophorus*	Schmidt, 1862	synonym

Children

Erylus discophorus var. deficiens Topsent, 1927

Literature

original description	Schmidt, O. 1862. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
additional source	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: pp. 85-103
additional source	Babiç, K. 1922. Monactinellida und Tetractinellida des Adriatischen Meeres. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 46(2): 217-302, pls 8-9.
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.
additional source	Cruz, T.; Bacallado, J.J. 1982. Contribución al conocimiento de los espongiarios de las islas Canarias. 1. Demosponjas ‘Homosclerophorida y Astrophorida’ del litoral de Tenerife. Boletín del Instituto Español de Oceanografía 6 (4): 75-87.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
Sponge Barcoding Database (Erylus discophorus)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Erylus discophorus (Schmidt, 1862). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134011