Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Quasillina translucida
Esponja, Sponge
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Polymastiida
Family
Polymastiidae
Genus
Quasillina
Species
translucida
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: USNM 43163 slides and fragments MHNG 21021 (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Isabela 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, Quasillina translucida", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16337. Accessed 31 October 2026.