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Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.). (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. 2 Volumes. 1706 pp. [2002 printed version ISBN 0-306-47260-0, 2004 eBook electronic version ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5].
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Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.)
2002
Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. 2 Volumes. 1706 pp. [2002 printed version ISBN 0-306-47260-0, 2004 eBook electronic version ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5]
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Agilardiella Marshall, 1884 accepted as Tethyopsis Stewart, 1870 (status source)
Clistolynthus Haeckel, 1870 accepted as Leucosolenia Bowerbank, 1864 (additional source)
Demospongiae (additional source)
Dyssycum Haeckel, 1870 accepted as Leucandra Haeckel, 1872 (additional source)
Mlea Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Leucandra Haeckel, 1872 (additional source)
Olynthus Haeckel, 1869 accepted as Leucosolenia Bowerbank, 1864 (additional source)
Porifera (basis of record)
Tarrus Haeckel, 1869 accepted as Leucosolenia Bowerbank, 1864 (additional source)
Antarctic 200NM zone beyond the coastline for Leucosolenia apicalis Brøndsted, 1931 
Australian Exclusive Economic Zone for Grantessa hispida Dendy, 1893 
Australian Exclusive Economic Zone for Grantessa sacca Lendenfeld, 1885 
Australian Exclusive Economic Zone for Leucascus clavatus Dendy, 1893 
Australian Exclusive Economic Zone for Tedania rubicunda Lendenfeld, 1888 
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone for Sycortis lingua Haeckel, 1870 
Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ecionemia densa Bowerbank, 1873 
Indian Exclusive Economic Zone for Spongilla meyeni Carter, 1849 
Italy for Stelletta stellata adriatica Sarà, 1960 
Japan for Prosuberites inconspicuus Thiele, 1898 
Japan for Rhizaxinella elevata Thiele, 1898 
Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone for Rhizaxinella elevata Thiele, 1898 
Malacca Strait for Halichondria elegantia Bowerbank, 1875 
Malaysia for Halichondria elegantia Bowerbank, 1875 
Norwegian part of the Skagerrak for Polymastia mespilus Schmidt, 1873 
Nova Scotia for Spongilla mackayi Carter, 1885 
Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean for Geodia ataxastra var. latana Lendenfeld, 1910 
South African Exclusive Economic Zone for Grantia ramosa Smith in Haeckel, 1872 
South Korean Exclusive Economic Zone for Axinella columna Sim, Kim & Byeon, 1990 
Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone for Protoesperia simplex Czerniavsky, 1880 
United Kingdom for Duseideia papillosa Johnston, 1842 
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone for Duseideia papillosa Johnston, 1842 
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone for Spongia laevigata Montagu, 1814 
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Ascortis fragilis Haeckel, 1870 
United States part of the North Pacific Ocean for Sidonops angulata orthotriaena Lendenfeld, 1910 
Unknown type, identified as Alcyonium cranium Müller, 1776
Unknown type, identified as Ebnerella lanceolata Breitfuss, 1898
Unknown type, identified as Sycaltis glacialis Haeckel, 1870
Unknown type, identified as Leucandra rodriguezi (Lackschewitz, 1886)
Unknown type, identified as Leuconia johnstonii Carter, 1871
Unknown type, identified as Sphenophorina singularis Breitfuss, 1898
Unknown type, identified as Ascaltis lamarcki (Haeckel, 1870)
Unknown type, identified as Dunstervillia elegans Bowerbank, 1845
Unknown type, verbatimGeounit East Spitzbergen, De..., identified as Leucosolenia nanseni Breitfuss, 1896
Unknown type, identified as Spongia ananas Montagu, 1814
Unknown type, identified as Spongia aurea Montagu, 1814
Unknown type, identified as Spongia botryoides Ellis & Solander, 1786
Unknown type, identified as Spongia clavata Esper, 1794
Unknown type, identified as Spongia columbae Walker, 1812
Unknown type, identified as Spongia complicata Montagu, 1814
Unknown type, identified as Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759
Unknown type, verbatimGeounit from Nouvelle-Hollan..., identified as Spongia palmata sensu Lamarck, 1814
Holotype, verbatimGeounit Type locality unknow..., identified as Spongia strigilata Lamarck, 1814
Holotype, identified as Spongia stuposa Esper, 1794
Holotype, identified as Spongia verrucosa Esper, 1794
Holotype, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Spongia velutata Renier, 1807
Holotype, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Oligoceras collectrix Schulze, 1880
Holotype LMJG, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Ditela nitens Schmidt, 1862
Unknown type, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Darwinella dalmatica Topsent, 1905
Unknown type, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Sycon tenellum Lendenfeld, 1891
Unknown type, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Sycon tuba Lendenfeld, 1891
Holotype, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Aplysinopsis massa Szymanski, 1904
Unknown type, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Sycyssa huxleyi Haeckel, 1870
Holotype ZMUC, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Grantia clathrus Schmidt, 1864
Unknown type, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Aphroceras corticata (Lendenfeld, 1891)
Unknown type, geounit Aegean Sea, identified as Hircinia vestibulata Szymanski, 1904
Unknown type, geounit Alboran Sea, identified as Leucosolenia echinoides Haeckel, 1870
Unknown type, geounit Arctic Ocean, identified as Sycum arcticum Haeckel, 1870
Holotype MOM, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira, identified as Auletta sessilis Topsent, 1904
Holotype MNHN, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira, identified as Darwinella duplex Topsent, 1905
Unknown type, geounit Bassian, identified as Darwinella australiensis Carter, 1885
Unknown type, geounit Canary Islands, identified as Guancha blanca Miklucho-Maclay, 1868
Holotype MNHN, geounit Celtic Seas, identified as Axinella agnata Topsent, 1896
Holotype MNHN, geounit Celtic Seas, identified as Auletta grantioides Lévi & Vacelet, 1958
Unknown type, geounit Celtic Seas, identified as Grantia fistulosa Johnston, 1842
Holotype BMNH, geounit Celtic Seas, identified as Spongia perlevis Montagu, 1814
Holotype, geounit Celtic Seas, identified as Spongia ramosa Montagu, 1814
Holotype, geounit Celtic Seas, identified as Spongia rigida Montagu, 1814
Holotype BMNH, geounit Celtic Seas, identified as Spongia limbata Montagu, 1814
Holotype, geounit Celtic Seas, identified as Spongia conus Montagu, 1814
Holotype, geounit Celtic Seas, identified as Spongia suberia Montagu, 1814
Unknown type, geounit Florida, identified as Sycaltis oviparus Haeckel, 1872
Unknown type, geounit Floridian, identified as Cribrella papillosa Schmidt, 1870
Unknown type, geounit Greenlandic Exclusive Economic Zone, identified as Spongia compressa Fabricius, 1780
Unknown type, geounit Greenlandic Exclusive Economic Zone, identified as Spongia ciliata Fabricius, 1780
Unknown type, geounit Gulf of St. Lawrence - Eastern Scotian Shelf, identified as Grantia canadensis Lambe, 1896
Holotype MNHN, geounit Maldives, identified as Darwinella gardineri Topsent, 1905
Unknown type, geounit Manning-Hawkesbury, identified as Homoderma sycandra Lendenfeld, 1895
Unknown type, geounit Newfoundland and Labrador, identified as Sycortis lingua Haeckel, 1870
Unknown type, geounit North and East Barents Sea, identified as Sycetta asconoides Breitfuss, 1896
Unknown type, geounit North and East Barents Sea, identified as Pericharax polejaevi Breitfuss, 1896
Unknown type, geounit North and East Barents Sea, identified as Ebnerella kuekenthali Breitfuss, 1896
Unknown type, geounit North and East Barents Sea, identified as Ebnerella schulzei Breitfuss, 1896
Unknown type, geounit North Sea, identified as Grantia lacunosa Johnston, 1842
Unknown type, geounit North Sea, identified as Scypha scaldiensis Van Koolwijk, 1982
Holotype ZMH, geounit Northern Norway and Finnmark, identified as Psammopemma finmarchicum Hentschel, 1929
Unknown type, geounit Northern Norway and Finnmark, identified as Amphoriscus murmanensis Breitfuss, 1898
Unknown type, geounit Northern Norway and Finnmark, identified as Ebnerella nitida Arnesen, 1900
Unknown type, geounit Norway, identified as Plectroninia norvegica Könnecker, 1989
Unknown type, geounit Norway, identified as Sycon schuffneri Dendy & Row, 1913
Unknown type, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone, identified as Spongia agaricina Pallas, 1766
Holotype BMNH, geounit South European Atlantic Shelf, identified as Cacospongia procumbens Poléjaeff, 1884
Holotype, geounit South European Atlantic Shelf, identified as Collospongelia dendyi Ferrer Hernandez, 1923
Holotype, geounit South European Atlantic Shelf, identified as Thorectandra diversispiculifera Ferrer-Hernandez, 1918
Unknown type, geounit South European Atlantic Shelf, identified as Leucandra bulbosa Hanitsch, 1895
Unknown type, geounit Svalbard, identified as Ascyssa acufera Haeckel, 1870
Syntype MNHN, geounit Tunisian Plateau/Gulf of Sidra, identified as Hircinia chevreuxi Topsent, 1894
Unknown type, geounit United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean, identified as Ascortis fragilis Haeckel, 1870
Unknown type, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Ascyssa troglodytes Haeckel, 1870
Unknown type, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Clathrina rubra Sarà, 1958
Unknown type, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Darwinella intermedia Topsent, 1893
Unknown type, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Vosmaeropsis gardineri Ferrer-Hernandez, 1916
Holotype, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Acanthella annulata Sarà, 1958
Holotype, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Axinella babici Vacelet, 1961
Unknown type, geounit White Sea, identified as Leucosolenia multiformis Breitfuss, 1898
Unknown type, geounit Woods Hole, identified as Leucosolenia cancellata Verrill, 1873
Holotype ZMA 00318, geounit Northern Norway and Finnmark, identified as Acanthella multiformis Vosmaer, 1885
Holotype LMJG 15400, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Spongia quarnerensis Schmidt, 1862
Holotype LMJG 15407, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Cacospongia cavernosa Schmidt, 1862
Holotype LMJG 15412, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Cacospongia carduelis Schmidt, 1864
Holotype LMJG 15417, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Sarcotragus muscarum Schmidt, 1864
Holotype LMJG 15419, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Sarcotragus foetidus Schmidt, 1862
Holotype LMJG 15502, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Hircinia oros Schmidt, 1864
Holotype BMNH 1847.9.7.1, geounit North Sea, identified as Spongia palmata Ellis & Solander, 1786
Holotype BMNH 1867.3.11.70, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Cribrella hamigera Schmidt, 1862
Holotype BMNH 1867.7.26.66, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Acanthella acuta Schmidt, 1862
Holotype BMNH 1888.8.9.1, geounit South European Atlantic Shelf, identified as Coscinoderma confragosum Poléjaeff, 1884
Holotype BMNH 1910.1.1.2463–5, geounit North Sea, identified as Spongia stuposa Ellis & Solander, 1786
Holotype BMNH 1930.7.3.20, geounit North Sea, identified as Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862
Holotype BMNH 1930.7.3.410, geounit Celtic Seas, identified as Spongia fruticosa Montagu, 1814
Holotype BMNH 1930.7.3.484, geounit Celtic Seas, identified as Spongia plumosa Montagu, 1814
Holotype BMNH 1939.2.10.36, geounit Floridian, identified as Auletta sycinularia Schmidt, 1870
Neotype BMNH 1964.6.8.6, identified as Spongia panicea Pallas, 1766
Holotype ZMUC 2.1.1993, geounit North Sea, identified as Spongia mamillaris Müller, 1806
Holotype MNRJ 2096, geounit Eastern Brazil, identified as Clathrina ascandroides Borojevic, 1971


 Alien species

James T. Carlton (in litteris) suspects this to be an introduced species in Hawaii. [details]

 Description

Four erect tubes, 8-10 cm high, 2 cm diameter, wall 1-2 mm thick. Softly resilient. Main skeleton a reticulation of ... [details]

 Diagnosis

L'Eponge forme, sur un Polypier mort, une croûte jaunâtre, assez étendue, très mince et molle. Elle est ... [details]

 Distribution

Doubtful record from Europe. This species was originally described from the East Pacific. [details]

 Distribution

European record doubtful. This species was originally described from the Sudanese Red Sea. [details]

 Distribution

Croatia [details]

 Distribution

This species was originally described from Gabon (West Africa), so is unlikely to occur in the Indian Ocean. [details]

 Holotype

ZMUC, MNHN DCl 1404 [details]

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MNHN DCL 1259 [details]

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BMNH 1907.2.1.54-55 [details]

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BMNH, a Bowerbank spicule from unknown locality. [details]

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MNHN [details]

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ZMB 2922 [details]

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MNHN DT 170 [details]

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MNHN DT 232 [details]

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MSNG [details]

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USNM 23142 [details]

 Holotype

Holotype MSNG 50031. Type locality Kuda Rah, Maldives, 12 m. [details]

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RMNH 933 [details]

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BMNH 1886.12.15.119 [details]

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IM 6597/7 ZEV, BMNH 1981.10.14.3 [details]

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BMNH 1882.2.23.319 [details]

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BMNH 1921.11.7.47 [details]

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NTM Z1787 [details]

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Dundee Mus. [details]

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BMNH [details]

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MNHN [details]

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BMNH [details]

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BMNH [details]



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