WoRMS name details
Spongia fruticosa sensu Esper, 1794
193580 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193580)
unaccepted (the name is incorrect acc. ICZN Art.32.5)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 188 [details]
page(s): 188 [details]
Type locality contained in East Indian Ocean
, Note Indian Ocean ('Ostindische Producten')
type locality contained in East Indian Ocean [details]
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Type locality Indian Ocean ('Ostindische Producten') [details]
Homonymy This combination is referred to in Esper’s (1794) plate X, not in the text (p. 202) where it says that the name has been...
Homonymy This combination is referred to in Esper’s (1794) plate X, not in the text (p. 202) where it says that the name has been altered and differs from the legend of the plate. The species meant by Esper (1794) is Spongia dichotoma Linnaeus, 1767. The name fruticosa is an incorrect name in the sense of the ICZN (Art. 32.5) and this does not enter in homonymy with Spongia fruticosa Montagu, 1814 (ICZN Art. 32.4). [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Spongia fruticosa sensu Esper, 1794. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=193580 on 2024-04-23
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Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 188 [details]
taxonomy source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 188 [details]
taxonomy source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Homonymy This combination is referred to in Esper’s (1794) plate X, not in the text (p. 202) where it says that the name has been altered and differs from the legend of the plate. The species meant by Esper (1794) is Spongia dichotoma Linnaeus, 1767. The name fruticosa is an incorrect name in the sense of the ICZN (Art. 32.5) and this does not enter in homonymy with Spongia fruticosa Montagu, 1814 (ICZN Art. 32.4). [details]Type locality Indian Ocean ('Ostindische Producten') [details]
