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Porifera taxon details

Euspongia Bronn, 1859 
AphiaID: 131756

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (junior synonym)
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Accepted name  Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 (type by original designation)
Parent Spongiidae Gray, 1867
Sources  original description: Bronn, H.G. 1859. Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs, wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Amorphozoen. (C.F. Winter:Leipzig and Heidelberg). [details]

basis of record: Cook, S.D.C.; Bergquist, P.R. 2002. Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1051-1060. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] [full text]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS[details]

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Species Euspongia anfractuosa Carter, 1885 accepted as Hippospongia anfractuosa (Carter, 1885)
Species Euspongia bailyi Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) bailyi (Lendenfeld, 1886)
Species Euspongia brandtii Miklucho-Maclay, 1870 accepted as Spongionella pulchella (Sowerby, 1804)
Species Euspongia canaliculata Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Hippospongia canaliculata (Lendenfeld, 1886)
Species Euspongia compacta Carter, 1882 accepted as Leiosella caliculata Lendenfeld, 1889
Species Euspongia conifera Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) conifera (Lendenfeld, 1886)
Species Euspongia distans Schulz, 1900 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) distans (Schulz, 1900)
Species Euspongia excavata Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) excavata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Species Euspongia fistulosa Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) fistulosa (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Species Euspongia foliacea Ridley, 1884 accepted as Lendenfeldia foliacea (Ridley, 1884)
Species Euspongia galea Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Hippospongia galea (Lendenfeld, 1886)
Species Euspongia hospes Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) hospes (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Species Euspongia illawarra Whitelegge, 1901 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) illawarra (Whitelegge, 1901)
Species Euspongia infundibuliformis Carter, 1886 accepted as Leiosella caliculata Lendenfeld, 1889
Species Euspongia irregularis Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) irregularis (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Species Euspongia levis Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Leiosella levis (Lendenfeld, 1886)
Species Euspongia matthewsi Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Coscinoderma matthewsi (Lendenfeld, 1886)
Species Euspongia officinalis (Linnaeus, 1759) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
Species Euspongia osculata Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) osculata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Species Euspongia osculosa Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) osculosa (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Species Euspongia reticulata Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Spongia reticulata (Lendenfeld, 1886)
Species Euspongia septosa (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Dysidea septosa (Lamarck, 1814)
Species Euspongia silicata Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Leiosella silicata (Lendenfeld, 1886)
Species Euspongia tenuiramosa Dendy, 1905 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) tenuiramosa (Dendy, 1905)
Species Euspongia trincomalensis Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) conifera (Lendenfeld, 1886)
Species Euspongia virgultosa Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) virgultosa (Schmidt, 1868)
Species Euspongia zimocca (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) zimocca Schmidt, 1862
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]

LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131756
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Euspongia Bronn, 1859. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131756 on 2013-05-23
  


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