Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Scalarispongia incognita
esponja, Sponge
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Dictyoceratida
Family
Thorectidae
Genus
Scalarispongia
Species
incognita
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cacospongia incognita Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997, fide Appeltans, 2010.
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: (C. incognita) Isla Sin Nombre 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, Scalarispongia incognita", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16945. Accessed 31 October 2026.