WoRMS taxon details
Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) physa (Schmidt, 1875)
168839 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168839)
accepted
Species
Coelosphaera physa (Schmidt, 1875) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Cornulum ascidioides Fristedt, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Desmacidon physa Schmidt, 1875 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Histoderma physa (Schmidt, 1875) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Desmacidon physa Schmidt, 1875) Schmidt, O. (1875). Spongien. Die Expedition zur physikalisch-chemischen und biologischen Untersuchung der Nordsee im Sommer 1872. <em>Jahresbericht der Commission zur Wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der Deutschen Meere in Kiel.</em> 2-3: 115-120, pl. I., available online at https://archive.org/details/wissenschaftlich2318komm
page(s): 118 [details]
page(s): 118 [details]
Type locality contained in Southern Norway
type locality contained in Southern Norway [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. Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) physa (Schmidt, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168839 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Desmacidon physa Schmidt, 1875) Schmidt, O. (1875). Spongien. Die Expedition zur physikalisch-chemischen und biologischen Untersuchung der Nordsee im Sommer 1872. <em>Jahresbericht der Commission zur Wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der Deutschen Meere in Kiel.</em> 2-3: 115-120, pl. I., available online at https://archive.org/details/wissenschaftlich2318komm
page(s): 118 [details]
original description (of Cornulum ascidioides Fristedt, 1887) Fristedt, K. (1887). Sponges from the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and the Behring Sea. <em>Vega-Expeditionens Vetenskap. Iakttagelser (Nordenskiöld) 4.</em> 401-471, pls 22-31.
page(s): 445-446 [details]
page(s): 118 [details]
original description (of Cornulum ascidioides Fristedt, 1887) Fristedt, K. (1887). Sponges from the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and the Behring Sea. <em>Vega-Expeditionens Vetenskap. Iakttagelser (Nordenskiöld) 4.</em> 401-471, pls 22-31.
page(s): 445-446 [details]
Other
additional source
Sim, C.J.; Byeon, H.S. 1989. A systematic study on the marine sponges in Korea. 9. Ceractinomorpha. The Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 5 (1): 33-57.
page(s): 44; note: Doubtful. [details]
page(s): 44; note: Doubtful. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Desmacidon physa Schmidt, 1875) MZS P0125, geounit Southern Norway [details]
