Porifera name details
Spongia phalloides Rathke & Vahl, 1806
1639915 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1639915)
uncertain
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Müller, O. F. (1806). Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. [Danish Zoology, or Descriptions and History of the Rarer and Lesser Known Animals of Denmark and Norway.]. <em>Havniae [Copenhague], N. Christensen.</em> 4 [1-5], 1-46, pls. 121-160., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN614794528
page(s): 43 [details]
page(s): 43 [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. Spongia phalloides Rathke & Vahl, 1806. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1639915 on 2025-05-09
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Müller, O. F. (1806). Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. [Danish Zoology, or Descriptions and History of the Rarer and Lesser Known Animals of Denmark and Norway.]. <em>Havniae [Copenhague], N. Christensen.</em> 4 [1-5], 1-46, pls. 121-160., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN614794528
page(s): 43 [details]
page(s): 43 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Classification The publication Müller (1806) appeared long after Müller's death, edited and illustrated by his successors. The present Spongia species is not recognized or discussed by contemporaneous and later authors, the description is unclear whether it concerns a sponge or an ascidian, and the figure provided in pl. CLVII fig. 4 does not match the description very well. No type material is known to exist. The species is thus incertae sedis. [details]
