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Porifera taxon details

Spongillidae Gray, 1867

167108  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167108)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Spongillida (Order)
  7. Spongillidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Anheteromeyenia Schröder, 1927
  2. Genus Corvoheteromeyenia Ezcurra de Drago, 1979
  3. Genus Corvospongilla Annandale, 1911
  4. Genus Dosilia Gray, 1867
  5. Genus Duosclera Reiswig & Ricciardi, 1993
  6. Genus Ephydatia Lamouroux, 1816
  7. Genus Eunapius Gray, 1867
  8. Genus Heteromeyenia Potts, 1881
  9. Genus Heterorotula Penney & Racek, 1968
  10. Genus Nudospongilla Annandale, 1918
  11. Genus Pachyrotula Volkmer-Ribeiro & Rützler, 1997
  12. Genus Pectispongilla Annandale, 1909
  13. Genus Pottsiela Volkmer-Ribeiro, Machado, Fürstenau-Oliveira & Soares, 2010
  14. Genus Racekiela Bass & Volkmer-Ribeiro, 1998
  15. Genus Radiospongilla Penney & Racek, 1968
  16. Genus Rosulaspongilla Sokolova, Palatov, Masuda & Itskovich, 2021
  17. Genus Sanidastra Volkmer-Ribeiro & Watanabe, 1983
  18. Genus Saturnospongilla Volkmer-Ribeiro, 1976
  19. Genus Spongilla Lamarck, 1816
  20. Genus Stratospongilla Annandale, 1909
  21. Genus Trochospongilla Vejdovsky, 1888
  22. Genus Umborotula Penney & Racek, 1968
  23. Genus Uruguayella Bonetto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1969
  24. Genus Acanthodiscus sensu Volkmer-Ribeiro, 1996 accepted as Racekiela Bass & Volkmer-Ribeiro, 1998 (preoccupied)
  25. Genus Asteromeyenia Annandale, 1912 accepted as Dosilia Gray, 1867 (junior synonym)
  26. Genus Carterella Potts, 1881 accepted as Heteromeyenia Potts, 1881 (preoccupied)
  27. Genus Carterius Petr, 1886 accepted as Heteromeyenia Potts, 1881 (junior synonym)
  28. Genus Clypeatula Peterson & Addis, 2000 accepted as Ephydatia Lamouroux, 1816 (junior synonym)
  29. Genus Euspongilla Vejdovsky, 1883 accepted as Spongilla Lamarck, 1816 (junior synonym)
  30. Genus Meyenia Carter, 1881 accepted as Ephydatia Lamouroux, 1816 (junior synonym)
  31. Genus Pleiomeyenia Mills, 1884 accepted as Ephydatia Lamouroux, 1816 (junior synonym)
  32. Genus Trachyspongilla Dybovsky, 1878 accepted as Ephydatia Lamouroux, 1816 (junior synonym)
  33. Genus Tubella Carter, 1881 accepted as Trochospongilla Vejdovsky, 1888 (junior synonym)
  34. Genus Tupha Oken, 1815 accepted as Spongilla Lamarck, 1816 (declared unavailable)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]  OpenAccess publication 
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. Spongillidae Gray, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167108 on 2024-04-19
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Manconi, Renata

original description Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2002). Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater sponges. Pp. 921-1020. <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). [details]  Full text PDF 

basis of record Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2002 [2004]). Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater sponges. Pp. 921-1020. <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  PDF available [request] 

additional source Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2009). Atlas of African freshwater sponges. <em>Studies in Afrotropical Zoology, Tervuren, Royal Museum for Central Africa.</em> 295, 1-214. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Penney, J.T.; Racek, A.A. (1968). Comprehensive revision of a worldwide collection of freshwater sponges (Porifera: Spongillidae). <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 272: 1-184. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

ecology source Legendre, L.; Espinasa, L.; Lacaille-Múzquiz, J.-L.; Alaniz-Garfía, G.; Ornelas-García, P.; Rétaux, S. (2023). First record of a freshwater cave sponge (Porifera, unknown gen. and sp.) in a cave inhabited by Astyanax cavefish in the Sierra de El Abra, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. <em>Subterranean Biology.</em> 45: 187-198., available online at https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/105323/
note: Spongillidae, unknown gen. and sp. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
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