Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Neopetrosia eructans
Esponja, Sponge
This is a rare species that has only been found at Isabela of 18 m, grows on rock (Hickman, et al. 2021).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Haplosclerida
Family
Petrosiidae
Genus
Neopetrosia
Species
eructans
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: MCCDRS9451, Caleta Negra, Isabela Island, 0.182° S, 91.394° W, 18 m, 30 Nov 2004; Type locality: Caleta Negra, Isabela Island (Sim-Smith et al., 2021).
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Sim-Amith, C. & Michelle, K. (2021) A field guide to Sponge of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia.
- 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.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- Sim-Smith, C. CLEVELAND HICKMAN, J. R., & Kelly, M. (2021) New shallow water sponges (Porifera) from the Gálapagos Islands Zootaxa, 5012(1), 1–71. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5012.1.1
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"Galapagos Species Database, Neopetrosia eructans", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18831. Accessed 3 November 2026.