WoRMS name details
Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) Bowerbank, 1877
345175 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345175)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Subgenus
Polyfibrospongia flabellifera Bowerbank, 1877 (type by subsequent designation)
Hircinia Nardo, 1834 accepted as Ircinia Nardo, 1833
- Species Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) filamentosa (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Ircinia filamentosa (Lamarck, 1814)
- Species Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) flabellifera (Bowerbank, 1877) accepted as Polyfibrospongia flabellifera Bowerbank, 1877 (reverted)
- Species Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) gigantea Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Ircinia irregularis (Poléjaeff, 1884) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Polyfibrospongia Bowerbank, 1877) Bowerbank, J.S. (1877). Descriptions of five new species of sponges discovered by A.B. Meyer on the Philippine Islands and New Guinea. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 456-464.
page(s): 456 [details]
page(s): 456 [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. Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) Bowerbank, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345175 on 2025-04-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polyfibrospongia Bowerbank, 1877) Bowerbank, J.S. (1877). Descriptions of five new species of sponges discovered by A.B. Meyer on the Philippine Islands and New Guinea. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 456-464.
page(s): 456 [details]
basis of record Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 587 [details]
page(s): 456 [details]
basis of record Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 587 [details]
