Porifera name details
Tubella Carter, 1881
184966 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184966)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Genus
Spongilla paulula Bowerbank, 1863 accepted as Trochospongilla paulula (Bowerbank, 1863) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Tubella variabilis (Bonetto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1973)
- Species Tubella anonyma (Carter, 1881) accepted as Trochospongilla anonyma (Carter, 1881)
- Species Tubella fanshawi Potts, 1887 accepted as Trochospongilla pennsylvanica (Potts, 1882) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Tubella intermedia Potts, 1882 accepted as Trochospongilla pennsylvanica (Potts, 1882) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Tubella melloleitaoi Machado, 1947 accepted as Metania reticulata (Bowerbank, 1863) (genus transfer)
- Species Tubella multidentata Weltner, 1895 accepted as Heterorotula multidentata (Weltner, 1895) (genus transfer)
- Species Tubella nigra Lendenfeld, 1887 accepted as Heterorotula nigra (Lendenfeld, 1887) (genus transfer)
- Species Tubella paulula (Bowerbank, 1863) accepted as Trochospongilla paulula (Bowerbank, 1863)
- Species Tubella pennsylvanica Potts, 1882 accepted as Trochospongilla pennsylvanica (Potts, 1882) (genus transfer)
- Species Tubella pottsi Weltner, 1895 accepted as Metania pottsi (Weltner, 1895) (genus transfer)
- Species Tubella recurvata (Bowerbank, 1863) accepted as Acalle recurvata (Bowerbank, 1863) (genus transfer)
- Species Tubella spinata Carter, 1881 accepted as Metania spinata (Carter, 1881) (genus transfer)
- Species Tubella thumii Traxler, 1895 accepted as Corvomeyenia thumi (Traxler, 1895) (genus transfer)
- Species Tubella vesparioides Annandale, 1908 accepted as Metania vesparioides (Annandale, 1908) (genus transfer)
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1881). History and Classification of the known Species of <i>Spongilla</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 7(38): 77-107,pls V-VI. [details] 
Taxonomy Tubella is generally considered a junior synonym of Metania Gray, 1867. However, de Laubenfels 1936 indicated Spongilla...
Taxonomy Tubella is generally considered a junior synonym of Metania Gray, 1867. However, de Laubenfels 1936 indicated Spongilla paulata (sic) Bowerbank, 1863 as the type species of Tubella. This species is probably the same as Spongilla paulula Bowerbank, 1863, a member of the genus Trochospongilla Vejdovsky, 1883. By De Laubenfels' action Tubella should be considered a senior synonym of Trochospongilla. [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. Tubella Carter, 1881. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=184966 on 2025-05-27
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original description
Carter, H.J. (1881). History and Classification of the known Species of <i>Spongilla</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 7(38): 77-107,pls V-VI. [details]
basis of record Pinheiro, U.S.; Nicacio, G. (2012). Resurrection and redefinition of the genus <i>Tubella</i> (Porifera: Spongillidae) with a worldwide list of valid species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3269: 65–68. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Pinheiro, U.S.; Nicacio, G. (2012). Resurrection and redefinition of the genus <i>Tubella</i> (Porifera: Spongillidae) with a worldwide list of valid species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3269: 65–68. [details] Available for editors
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Synonymy According to a recent paper (Pinheiro & Nicacio, 2012), Tubella is a valid genus. We will await further research before implementing this. [details]Taxonomy Tubella is generally considered a junior synonym of Metania Gray, 1867. However, de Laubenfels 1936 indicated Spongilla paulata (sic) Bowerbank, 1863 as the type species of Tubella. This species is probably the same as Spongilla paulula Bowerbank, 1863, a member of the genus Trochospongilla Vejdovsky, 1883. By De Laubenfels' action Tubella should be considered a senior synonym of Trochospongilla. [details]
