Setidium obtectum Schmidt, 1879
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Leiodermatium obtectum (Schmidt, 1879); Scleritoderma paccardi Schmidt, 1879 [orth. error]; Scleritoderma packardi Schmidt, 1880
Conservation Status
Last record: 1879 or before (Schmidt, 1879; Pisera, 1999)
Rediscovered in: 1999 or before (Pisera, 1999)
Distribution & Habitat
Caribbean
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Schmidt, O. (1879). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Abtheilung I. Heft I. Pp. 1-32, pls I-IV. In: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer: Jena).
Other references:
de Voogd, N. J., Alvarez, B., Boury-Esnault, N., Carballo, J. L., Cárdenas, P., Díaz, M.-C., Dohrmann, M., Downey, R., Hajdu, E., Hooper, J. N. A., Kelly, M., Klautau, M., Manconi, R., Morrow, C. C., Pisera, A. B., Ríos, P., Rützler, K., Schönberg, C., Vacelet, J. and van Soest, R. W. M. (2022). World Porifera Database. Setidium obtectum Schmidt, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171199 on 2022-04-03
Lendenfeld, R. von. (1903). Tetraxonia. Das Tierreich 19: 1-168.
Pisera, A. (1999). Lithistid sponge Setidium obtectum Schmidt, 1879, rediscovered. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 473-477.
Pisera, A. (2002). Case 3217. Scleritoderma Schmidt, 1879 and Setidium Schmidt, 1879 (Porifera): proposed conservation by designation of Scleritoderma flabelliformis Sollas, 1888 as the type species of Scleritoderma. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 59(2): 74-76.
Pisera, A. and Lévi, C. (2002). Family Scleritodermidae Sollas, 1888, pp. 302-311. In: Hooper, J. N. A. and Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds.). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. I. New York: Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers.
Pisera, A. and Lévi, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Scleritodermidae Sollas, 1888, pp. 302-311. In: Hooper, J. N.A. and Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds.). Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. Vol I. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. xlviii + 1708 pp.
Van Soest, R. W. M. and Stentoft, N. (1988). Barbados deep-water sponges. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 70(215): 1-175.