WoRMS taxon details
Podospongia Barboza du Bocage, 1869
132040 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132040)
accepted
Genus
Podospongia lovenii Barboza du Bocage, 1869 (type by monotypy)
Alcyospongia de Laubenfels, 1934 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Lovenia Barboza du Bocage, 1868 · unaccepted (preoccupied)
- Species Podospongia capensis Samaai, 2026
- Species Podospongia colini Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2011
- Species Podospongia india (de Laubenfels, 1934)
- Species Podospongia lovenii Barboza du Bocage, 1869
- Species Podospongia natalensis (Kirkpatrick, 1903)
- Species Podospongia similis Lévi, 1993
- Species Podospongia virga Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2011
- Species Podospongia normani (Stephens, 1915) accepted as Neopodospongia normani (Stephens, 1915)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Barboza du Bocage, J.V. (1870). Eponges siliceuses nouvelles du Portugal et de l'île Saint-Iago (Archipel de Cap-Vert). <em>Jornal de Sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes.</em> 2:159-162, pls X-XI. [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Podospongia Barboza du Bocage, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132040 on 2026-09-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Barboza du Bocage, J.V. (1870). Eponges siliceuses nouvelles du Portugal et de l'île Saint-Iago (Archipel de Cap-Vert). <em>Jornal de Sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes.</em> 2:159-162, pls X-XI. [details]
original description (of Lovenia Barboza du Bocage, 1868) Barboza du Bocage, J.V. (1868). On <i>Hyalonema boreale</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 2(7): 36-38. [details]
original description (of Alcyospongia de Laubenfels, 1934) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1934). New sponges from the Puerto Rican deep. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 91(17): 1-28.
page(s): 18 [details]
basis of record Kelly, M.; Samaai, T. (2002 [2004]). Family Podospongiidae de Laubenfels, 1936. Pp. 694–702. Family Podospongiidae de Laubenfels, 1936. Pp. 694–702. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <i>Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges</i> (2 volumes).(Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Kelly, M.; Samaai, T. (2002). Family Podospongiidae de Laubenfels, 1936. Pp. 694–702. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <i>Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges</i> (2 volumes).(Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_75 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Lovenia Barboza du Bocage, 1868) Barboza du Bocage, J.V. (1868). On <i>Hyalonema boreale</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 2(7): 36-38. [details]
original description (of Alcyospongia de Laubenfels, 1934) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1934). New sponges from the Puerto Rican deep. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 91(17): 1-28.
page(s): 18 [details]
basis of record Kelly, M.; Samaai, T. (2002 [2004]). Family Podospongiidae de Laubenfels, 1936. Pp. 694–702. Family Podospongiidae de Laubenfels, 1936. Pp. 694–702. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <i>Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges</i> (2 volumes).(Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Kelly, M.; Samaai, T. (2002). Family Podospongiidae de Laubenfels, 1936. Pp. 694–702. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <i>Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges</i> (2 volumes).(Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_75 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヒラタブンブク [from synonym] | [details] |
