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Petrobiona massiliana Vacelet & Lévi, 1958

164644  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164644)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Vacelet, J.; Lévi, C. (1958). Un cas de survivance, en Méditerranée, du groupe d'éponges fossiles des Pharétronides. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences. 246(2): 318-320. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  MNHN C.2017-1, geounit Western Mediterranean  
Holotype MNHN C.2017-1, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Petrobiona massiliana Vacelet & Lévi, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164644 on 2025-05-29
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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Nomenclature

original description Vacelet, J.; Lévi, C. (1958). Un cas de survivance, en Méditerranée, du groupe d'éponges fossiles des Pharétronides. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences. 246(2): 318-320. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Petrobiona incrustans Sarà, 1963) Sarà, M. (1963). Una nuova specie di Faretronidi (Petrobiona incrustans) dal Mediterraneo e considerazioni sulla sistematica delle Calcispongie. Monitore zoologico italiano. 70: 229-237.
page(s): 230 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Vacelet, J. (1964). Étude monographique de l'éponge calcaire pharétronide de Méditerranée, Petrobiona massiliana Vacelet et Lévi. Les Pharétronides actuelles et fossiles. Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume. 34(50): 1-125. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Vacelet, J.; Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M. (2002). Order Lithonida Vacelet, 1981, Recent. Pp. 1185-1192. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-36-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_121
page(s): 1191-1192 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Vacelet, J.; Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M. (2002 [2004]). Order Lithonida Vacelet, 1981, Recent. Pp. 1185-1192. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
page(s): 1191-1192 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Laborel, J.; Vacelet, J. (1959). Les grottes sous-marines obscures en Méditerranée. Comptes-Rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris. 248: 2619-2621.
page(s): 2620 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Vacelet, J. (1980). Les affinités du peuplement de Spongiaires de la Méditerranée. Journées Etudes Systématique et Biogéographie Méditerranée - Cagliari. 29-30. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Calcinai, B.; Sacco Perasso, C.; Davidde Petriaggi, B.; Ricci, S. (2019). Endolithic and epilithic sponges of archaeological marble statues recovered in the Blue Grotto, Capri (Italy) and in the Antikythera shipwreck (Greece). Facies. 65(2)., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10347-019-0562-7
page(s): 5 & 10 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Rützler, K. (1966). Die Poriferen einer sorrentiner Höhle. Ergebnisse der Österreichischen Tyrrhenia-Expedition 1952. Teil. XVIII. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 176 (5), 303-319.
page(s): 308-311; fig 5-8 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Harmelin, J.-G.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Fichez, R.; Vacelet, J.; Zibrowius, H. (2003). Peuplement de la grotte sous-marine de l'ile de Bagaud (Parc national de Port-Cros, France, Méditerranée). Rapport scientifique du Parc national de Port-Cros. 19: 117-134., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicole_Boury-Esnault/publication/280131013_2003_-_Harmelin_JG_N_Boury-Esnault_R_Fichez_J_Vacelet_H_Zibrowius_Peuplement_de_la_grotte_sous-marine_de_Bagaud_Parc_national_de_Port-Cros_France_Mediterranee_Rapport_scientif
page(s): 128 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Manconi, R.; Ledda, F.D.; Serusi, A.; Corso, G.; Stocchino, G.A. (2009). Sponges of marine caves: Notes on the status of the Mediterranean palaeoendemic Petrobiona massiliana (Porifera: Calcarea: Lithonida) with new records from Sardinia. Italian Journal of Zoology. 76: 306-315., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250000802629471
page(s): 308-310; fig 3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Knittweis, L.; Chevaldonné, P.; Ereskovsky, A.; Schembri, P.J.; Borg, J.A. (2015). A preliminary survey of marine cave habitats in the Maltese Islands. Xjenza Online. 3:153-164., available online at https://doi.org/10.7423/XJENZA.2015.2.07
page(s): 159 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Voultsiadou, E.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Bailly, N. (2016). Porifera of Greece: an updated checklist. Biodiversity Data Journal. 4: e7984., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.4.e7984 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Hermans J.; Dubois P.; Andre L.; Vacelet J.; Willenz P. (2010). Growth rate and chemical features of the massive calcium carbonate skeleton of Petrobiona massiliana (Baeriida: Calcaronea: Calcispongiae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 90(4): 749‑754., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315409991081
page(s): 750 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Pouliquen, L. (1972). Les spongiaires des grottes sous-marines de la région de Marseille: Ecologie et systématique. Téthys. 3(4): 717-758.
page(s): 744 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Boury-Esnault, N., G. Bellan, D. Bellan-Santini, C.F. Boudouresque, P. Chevaldonné, A. Dias, D. Faget, J.G. Harmelin, M. Harmelin-Vivien, C. Lejeusne, T. Pérez, J. Vacelet & M. Verlaque. (2023). The Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. Zootaxa. 5249(2): 213-252. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

biology source Gallissian, M.-F.; Vacelet, J. (1990). Fertilisation and nutrition of the oocyte in the calcified sponge Petrobiona massiliana. In: Rützler K (ed) New Perspectives in Sponge Biology. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC. pp 175-181. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

biology source Gallissian, M.-F.; Vacelet, J. (1992). Ultrastructure of the oocyte and embryo of the calcified sponge, Petrobiona massiliana (Porifera, Calcarea). Zoomorphology. 112: 133-141. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

biology source Gilis, M.; Gosselin, P.; Dubois, P.; Willenz, P. (2011). Seasonal modifications and morphogenesis of the hypercalcified sponge Petrobiona massiliana (Calcarea, Calcaronea). Invertebrate Biology. 130(3): 193-210., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2011.00239.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

biology source Gilis, M.; Grauby, O.; Willenz, P.; Dubois, P.; Legras, L.; Heresanu, V.; Baronnet, A. (2011). Multi-scale mineralogical characterization of the hypercalcified sponge Petrobiona massiliana (Calcarea, Calcaronea). Journal of Structural Biology. 176: 315–329. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

biology source Gilis, M.; Baronnet, A.; Dubois, P.; Legras, L.; Grauby, O.; Willenz, P. (2012). Biologically controlled mineralization in the hypercalcified sponge Petrobiona massiliana (Calcarea, Calcaronea). Journal of Structural Biology. 178(3): 279-289., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2012.04.004 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
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 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype MNHN C.2017-1, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
Paratype MNHN C.2017-2, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
From editor or global species database
Reproduction Viviparous. Description of oogenesis, embryogenesis and amphiblastula larva. Gallissian & Vacelet, 1990 & 1992 [details]
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