WoRMS name details
Spongelia spinosa Hyatt, 1877
193562 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193562)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
Spongelia Nardo, 1847 accepted as Dysidea Johnston, 1842
- Variety Spongelia spinosa var. codmani Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Dysidea avara (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Variety Spongelia spinosa var. rigida Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Dysidea rigida (Hyatt, 1877) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 535-536 [details]
page(s): 535-536 [details]
Type locality contained in Mascarene Islands
type locality contained in Mascarene Islands [details]
Nomenclature The species was decribed by Hyatt from Mauritius, approximate coordinates 20°S 57.833°E (syntypes MCZ PORa-7040 and...
Nomenclature The species was decribed by Hyatt from Mauritius, approximate coordinates 20°S 57.833°E (syntypes MCZ PORa-7040 and 6497). Hyatt also distinguished two varieties (q.v.), codmani originating from Tenerife, and rigida from Florida. Since the species and its two varieties are unlikely to belong to the same species, it is technically necessary to distinguish the Mauritian material as the nominotypical variety (even though Hyatt did not name it as such). Judged from Hyatt’s description and photo of the habitus the species is probably a Dysidea, to be named for the time being Dysidea spinosa (Hyatt, 1877), but its status as an accepted species distinct from other Western Indian Ocean Dysidea species needs to be established by study and comparison of the type material. [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. Spongelia spinosa Hyatt, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=193562 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
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Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 535-536 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
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page(s): 535-536 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 20 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype MCZ PORa-7040 and 6497, geounit Mascarene Islands [details]
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Nomenclature The species was decribed by Hyatt from Mauritius, approximate coordinates 20°S 57.833°E (syntypes MCZ PORa-7040 and 6497). Hyatt also distinguished two varieties (q.v.), codmani originating from Tenerife, and rigida from Florida. Since the species and its two varieties are unlikely to belong to the same species, it is technically necessary to distinguish the Mauritian material as the nominotypical variety (even though Hyatt did not name it as such). Judged from Hyatt’s description and photo of the habitus the species is probably a Dysidea, to be named for the time being Dysidea spinosa (Hyatt, 1877), but its status as an accepted species distinct from other Western Indian Ocean Dysidea species needs to be established by study and comparison of the type material. [details]
