WoRMS taxon details
Dendrilla membranosa (Pallas, 1766)
164883 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164883)
accepted
Species
Aplysina membranosa (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted
Spongia membranosa Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spongia membranosa Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 398-399 [details]
page(s): 398-399 [details]
Type locality contained in Indian Ocean
type locality contained in Indian Ocean [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. Dendrilla membranosa (Pallas, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164883 on 2025-08-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spongia membranosa Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 398-399 [details]
page(s): 398-399 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Bergquist, P.R. (1996). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera: Demospongiae. Part 5. Dendroceratida and Halisarca. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 107: 1-53.
page(s): 20 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1929). Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. <em>British Antarctic ('Terra Nova') Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, Zoology.</em> 6 (4): 393-458, pls I-V.
page(s): 448; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1932). Sponges. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 6: 237-392, pls 48-57.
page(s): 342; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Burton, M. (1934). Sponges. Pp. 1-58, pls I-VIII. <em>In: Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-03 under the Direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld.</em> 3 (2). (Norstedt & Söner: Stockholm).
page(s): 46; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Burton, M. (1938). Non-Calcareous sponges. <em>Scientific Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 (C. Zoology and Botany).</em> 9 (3): 5-22.
page(s): 19; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Desqueyroux, R. (1975). Esponjas (Porifera) de la region antartica chilena. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 16 (1): 47-82.
page(s): 74-75; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 715 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bergquist, P.R. (1996). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera: Demospongiae. Part 5. Dendroceratida and Halisarca. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 107: 1-53.
page(s): 20 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1929). Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. <em>British Antarctic ('Terra Nova') Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, Zoology.</em> 6 (4): 393-458, pls I-V.
page(s): 448; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1932). Sponges. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 6: 237-392, pls 48-57.
page(s): 342; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Burton, M. (1934). Sponges. Pp. 1-58, pls I-VIII. <em>In: Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-03 under the Direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld.</em> 3 (2). (Norstedt & Söner: Stockholm).
page(s): 46; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Burton, M. (1938). Non-Calcareous sponges. <em>Scientific Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 (C. Zoology and Botany).</em> 9 (3): 5-22.
page(s): 19; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Desqueyroux, R. (1975). Esponjas (Porifera) de la region antartica chilena. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 16 (1): 47-82.
page(s): 74-75; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 715 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Spongia membranosa Pallas, 1766)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (8 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Spongia membranosa Pallas, 1766)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (8 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Image from synonym
