Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Penares scabiosus
Esponja, Sponge
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Tetractinellida
Family
Geodiidae
Genus
Penares
Species
scabiosus
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: USNM 43172, Microscopical slides and fragments ZMA POR 11212, MHNG 18995; Type locality: Seymour Islands Galapagos Islands (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Seymour Islet north of Indefatigable (Santa Cruz) Island of Galapagos Islands (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997)
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Desqeyroux-Faundez, R., Van Soest, R.W.M. (1997) Shallow-water Demosponges of the Galapagos Islands. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 104(2): 379-467.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Penares scabiosus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16320. Accessed 31 October 2026.