Discodermia natalensis Kirkpatrick, 1903
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Discodermia natalensis Kirkpatrick, 1903
- Name authority
- Kirkpatrick, 1903
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Demospongiae
- Order
- Tetractinellida
- Family
- Theonellidae
- Genus
- Discodermia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumPorifera Grant, 1836
- classDemospongiae Sollas, 1885
- subclassHeteroscleromorpha Cárdenas, Pérez & Boury-Esnault, 2012
- orderTetractinellida Marshall, 1876
- suborderAstrophorina Sollas, 1887
- familyTheonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903
- genusDiscodermia du Bocage, 1869
- speciesDiscodermia natalensis Kirkpatrick, 1903
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Discodermia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Discodermia calyx Döderlein, 1884 | TheonellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodermia claviformis Kieschnick, 1896 | TheonellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodermia discifurca Sollas, 1888 | TheonellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodermia dubia Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 | TheonellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodermia emarginata Dendy, 1905 | TheonellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodermia gorgonoides Burton, 1928 | TheonellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodermia inscripta (Schmidt, 1879) | TheonellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodermia jogashima Tanita & Hoshino, 1989 | TheonellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodermia koreana Sim, 1982 | TheonellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Discodermia laevidiscus Carter, 1880 | TheonellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodermia ornata Sollas, 1888 | TheonellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discodermia papillata Carter, 1880 | TheonellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Kirkpatrick, R. (1903). Descriptions of South African Sponges. Part II. Marine Investigations in South Africa, 2 (14): 171–180, pl. IV. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.366557 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:36TDH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.