Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Conorete erectum
Esponja, Sponge
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Hexactinellida
Order
Sceptrulophora
Family
Sceptrulophora incertae sedis
Genus
Conorete
Species
erectum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Eurete erectum Schulze, 1899 (Horton et al., 2021). MCCDRS-9328
Origin: Native
Distribution: North of the Galapagos Islands (Salinas-de-León et al., 2020). New Zealand (Horton et al., 2021).
- 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.
- Salinas-de-León, P. Martí-Puig, P., Buglass, S., Arnés-Urgellés, C., Rastoin-Laplane, E., Creemers, M., Cairns, S., Fisher, C., O Hara, T., Ott, B., Raineault, N. A., Reiswig, H., Rouse, G., Rowley, S., Shank, T. M., Suarez, J., Watling, L., Wicksten, M. K., & Marsh, L. (2020) Characterization of deep-sea benthic invertebrate megafauna of the Galapagos Islands Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70744-1
- Wilson, H.V. (1904) The sponges. Reports on an Exploration off the West Coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross' during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.S., commanding. XXX. The Sponges. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 30(1): 1-164, pls. 1-26. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91612
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"Galapagos Species Database, Conorete erectum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18683. Accessed 31 October 2026.