WoRMS name details
Spongia lobata Esper, 1794
193726 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193726)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
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): 273-274, pl XLVI [details]
page(s): 273-274, pl XLVI [details]
Note given as ?Indian Ocean, but unlikely to be...
From editor or global species database
Type locality given as ?Indian Ocean, but unlikely to be correct. [details]
Homonymy This is a senior homonym of Spongia lobata Montagu, 1818. Since Esper's combination is likely a junior synonym of Isodictya...
Homonymy This is a senior homonym of Spongia lobata Montagu, 1818. Since Esper's combination is likely a junior synonym of Isodictya palmata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) and has not been in use as a valid name since before 1899, it meets the conditions of art. 23.9.1,1. as a nomen oblitum, while Montagu's combination is widely used for the sponge Amphilectus lobatus (Montagu, 1814) and but it is unlikely to meet the condition of art. 23.9.1.2. as a nomen protectum, because there are many competing combinations and its main use as A. lobatus is relatively recent (1992). Van Soest & Hooper (2020) proposed to use Amphilectus ovulum (Schmidt, 1870) as a replacement name. [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 lobata Esper, 1794. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=193726 on 2024-04-19
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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): 273-274, pl XLVI [details]
basis of record 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): 39 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 273-274, pl XLVI [details]
basis of record 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): 39 [details] Available for editors
[request] From editor or global species database
Homonymy This is a senior homonym of Spongia lobata Montagu, 1818. Since Esper's combination is likely a junior synonym of Isodictya palmata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) and has not been in use as a valid name since before 1899, it meets the conditions of art. 23.9.1,1. as a nomen oblitum, while Montagu's combination is widely used for the sponge Amphilectus lobatus (Montagu, 1814) and but it is unlikely to meet the condition of art. 23.9.1.2. as a nomen protectum, because there are many competing combinations and its main use as A. lobatus is relatively recent (1992). Van Soest & Hooper (2020) proposed to use Amphilectus ovulum (Schmidt, 1870) as a replacement name. [details]Type locality given as ?Indian Ocean, but unlikely to be correct. [details]
