Porifera taxon details
Cervicornia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)
170419 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170419)
accepted
Species
Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Spheciospongia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Xestospongia tierneyi sensu Wiedenmayer, 1977 · unaccepted (genus transfer and misidentification)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details] 
Holotype (of Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815)...
, Type locality contained in Caribbean Sea
Holotype (of Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815) MNHN DT 652 [details]
type locality contained in Caribbean Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. Cervicornia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170419 on 2025-06-22
original description
(of Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details]
original description (of Xestospongia tierneyi sensu Wiedenmayer, 1977) Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 117-118 [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Rützler, K.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2000). Two new genera of Hadromerid sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 22(2) : 337-344.
page(s): 342-343; note: Cervicornia misspelled as Cerviconia on p. 342 right hand column. [details]
additional source Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 64 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4217: 1-225., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1
page(s): 168 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Putchakarn, S. (2007). Species diversity of marine sponges dwelling in coral reefs in Had Khanom—Mo Ko Thale Tai National Park, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 87(06): 1635-1642., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531540705833x
page(s): 1636, Table 1; note: Misapplication. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record (of Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record (of Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source (of Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Thomas, P.A. (1972). Boring sponges of the reefs of Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>Proceedings of the Symposium on Coral and Coral Reefs. (Marine Biological Association of India).</em> 333-362.
page(s): 338-339; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source (of Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 305; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source (of Xestospongia tierneyi sensu Wiedenmayer, 1977) Lehnert, H. (1993). Die Schwämme von Cozumel (Mexiko). Bestandsaufnahme, kritischer Vergleich taxonomischer Merkmale, und Beschreibung einer neuen Art (The sponges from Cozumel (Mexico). Inventory, critical comparison of taxonomic characters and description of a new species. <em>Acta Biolologica Benrodis.</em> 5: 35-127 (in German, with abstracts in German and English).
page(s): 47-48 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source (of Spheciospongia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Rützler, K. (1997). The role of psammobiontic sponges in the reef community. <em>Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium.</em> 2: 1393-1398. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source (of Spheciospongia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Vicente, V. P.; Rützler, K.; Carballiera, N. M. (1991). Comparative morphology, ecology, and fatty acid composition of West Indian Spheciospongia (Demospongea). <em>P.S.Z.N.I.: Marine Ecology.</em> 12(3): 211-226. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1991.tb00254.x
page(s): 217 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source (of Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. <em>In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London.</em> Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 208-209; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source (of Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Hechtel, G.J. (1976). Zoogeography of Brazilian Marine Demospongiae. <i>In</i>: Harrison, F.W. & Cowden, R.R. (Eds), Aspects of Sponge Biology. (Academic Press: New York & London): i-xiii, 1-354. Pp. 237-260.
page(s): 241 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source (of Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Thomas, P.A. (1986 [1980]). Demospongiae of Minicoy Island (Indian Ocean). - Part 3. Orders Halichondrida, Hadromerida, Epipolasida and Choristida. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India-.</em> 22 (1-2): 8-20.
page(s): 9-10; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source (of Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Wintermann-Kilian, G.; Kilian, E.F. (1984). Marine Sponges of the Region of Santa Marta (Colombia). Part II. Homosclerophorida, Choristida, Spirophorida, Hadromerida, Axinellida, Halichondrida, Poecilosclerida. <em>Studies on the Neotropical Fauna and Environment.</em> 19(3): 121-135.
page(s): 130 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference (of Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Topsent, E. (1933). Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Fin. <em>Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 10: 1-60.
page(s): 41-42 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference (of Spheciospongia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 94-95; fig 23 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Xestospongia tierneyi sensu Wiedenmayer, 1977) Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 117-118 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Rützler, K.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2000). Two new genera of Hadromerid sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 22(2) : 337-344.
page(s): 342-343; note: Cervicornia misspelled as Cerviconia on p. 342 right hand column. [details]
additional source Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 64 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4217: 1-225., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1
page(s): 168 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Putchakarn, S. (2007). Species diversity of marine sponges dwelling in coral reefs in Had Khanom—Mo Ko Thale Tai National Park, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 87(06): 1635-1642., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531540705833x
page(s): 1636, Table 1; note: Misapplication. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record (of Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record (of Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source (of Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Thomas, P.A. (1972). Boring sponges of the reefs of Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>Proceedings of the Symposium on Coral and Coral Reefs. (Marine Biological Association of India).</em> 333-362.
page(s): 338-339; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source (of Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 305; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source (of Xestospongia tierneyi sensu Wiedenmayer, 1977) Lehnert, H. (1993). Die Schwämme von Cozumel (Mexiko). Bestandsaufnahme, kritischer Vergleich taxonomischer Merkmale, und Beschreibung einer neuen Art (The sponges from Cozumel (Mexico). Inventory, critical comparison of taxonomic characters and description of a new species. <em>Acta Biolologica Benrodis.</em> 5: 35-127 (in German, with abstracts in German and English).
page(s): 47-48 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source (of Spheciospongia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Rützler, K. (1997). The role of psammobiontic sponges in the reef community. <em>Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium.</em> 2: 1393-1398. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source (of Spheciospongia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Vicente, V. P.; Rützler, K.; Carballiera, N. M. (1991). Comparative morphology, ecology, and fatty acid composition of West Indian Spheciospongia (Demospongea). <em>P.S.Z.N.I.: Marine Ecology.</em> 12(3): 211-226. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1991.tb00254.x
page(s): 217 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source (of Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. <em>In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London.</em> Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 208-209; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source (of Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Hechtel, G.J. (1976). Zoogeography of Brazilian Marine Demospongiae. <i>In</i>: Harrison, F.W. & Cowden, R.R. (Eds), Aspects of Sponge Biology. (Academic Press: New York & London): i-xiii, 1-354. Pp. 237-260.
page(s): 241 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source (of Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Thomas, P.A. (1986 [1980]). Demospongiae of Minicoy Island (Indian Ocean). - Part 3. Orders Halichondrida, Hadromerida, Epipolasida and Choristida. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India-.</em> 22 (1-2): 8-20.
page(s): 9-10; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source (of Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Wintermann-Kilian, G.; Kilian, E.F. (1984). Marine Sponges of the Region of Santa Marta (Colombia). Part II. Homosclerophorida, Choristida, Spirophorida, Hadromerida, Axinellida, Halichondrida, Poecilosclerida. <em>Studies on the Neotropical Fauna and Environment.</em> 19(3): 121-135.
page(s): 130 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference (of Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Topsent, E. (1933). Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Fin. <em>Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 10: 1-60.
page(s): 41-42 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference (of Spheciospongia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 94-95; fig 23 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815) MNHN DT 652 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | staghorn sponge | [details] |
| French | éponge de stalagtites renversés [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cervicornia cuspidifera)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cervicornia cuspidifera)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (11 records) (from synonym Spheciospongia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Xestospongia tierneyi sensu Wiedenmayer, 1977)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (9 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005718.PR)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Spirastrella cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cervicornia cuspidifera)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cervicornia cuspidifera)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (11 records) (from synonym Spheciospongia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Xestospongia tierneyi sensu Wiedenmayer, 1977)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (9 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005718.PR)
