Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Auletta dendrophora Wilson, 1904

Esponja, Sponge

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Porifera

Class
Demospongiae

Order
Bubarida

Family
Bubaridae

Genus
Auletta

Species
dendrophora

Taxon category: Accepted

Holotype: slides and fragments ZMA POR 11247, MHNG 21031, Type Locality: Seymour Islands (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997)

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Off Seymour N of Santa Cruz Galapagos Islands (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997)

References

  • 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, Auletta dendrophora", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9338. Accessed 31 October 2026.