Galapagos Species Database
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Cinachyrella desqueyrouxae
Esponja, Sponge
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Tetractinellida
Family
Tetillidae
Genus
Cinachyrella
Species
desqueyrouxae
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cinachyrella globulosa Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997 (preoccupied) (Horton et al., 2021). Taxonomy notes taken of synonimum, Holotype: USNM 43164, Microscopical slides and fragments ZMA POR 11223, MHNG 20597
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: (C. globulosa) Santiago Island of Galapagos Islands (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997)
- 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, Cinachyrella desqueyrouxae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19218. Accessed 31 October 2026.