WoRMS name details
Spongia agaricina Pallas, 1766
132380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132380)
alternate representation (subgenus assignment)
Species
- Subspecies Spongia agaricina corlosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) coelosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Spongia agaricina dura Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Spongia agaricina punctata Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) punctata Hyatt, 1877 (status change)
- Variety Spongia agaricina var. thienemannii (Arndt, 1943) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) agaricina Pallas, 1766
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. <em>[book].</em> pp. 451, Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 397-398 [details]
page(s): 397-398 [details]
Neotype BMNH 25.11.1.1, geounit Palawan/North Borneo
Neotype BMNH 25.11.1.1, geounit Palawan/North Borneo [details]
Distribution 'Oceanus Indicus', precise type-locality unknown
Distribution 'Oceanus Indicus', precise type-locality unknown [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. (2023). World Porifera Database. Spongia agaricina Pallas, 1766. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132380 on 2023-12-08
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Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. <em>[book].</em> pp. 451, Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 397-398 [details]
basis of record Pronzato, R.; Manconi, R. (2008). Mediterranean commercial sponges: over 5000 years of natural history and cultural heritage. <em>Marine Ecology.</em> 29 (2), 146-166., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00235.x
page(s): 154 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 216-218 [details]
additional source Boury-Esnault, N.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Ledoyer, M.; Saldanha, L.; Zibrowius, H. (2001 [2005]). Peuplement benthique des grottes sous-marines de Sagres (Portugal, Atlantique nord-oriental). <i>In</i>: Biscoito, M., A.J. Almeida & P. Ré (Eds). A Tribute to Luiz Saldanha. <em>Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal.</em> Sup. 6: 15-38.
page(s): 20-21; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lopes, M.T.; Boury-Esnault, N. (1981). Contribution à la connaissance des éponges cornées de la côte de l'Arrábida et de l'Algarve. <em>Arquivos do Museu Bocage.</em> 1(6): 95-110.
page(s): 99; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Voultsiadou-Koukoura, E.; Koukouras, A. (1993). Contribution to the knowledge of Keratose sponges (Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida, Verongida: Demospongiae, Porifera) of the Aegean Sea. <em>Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin.</em> 69, 57-72.
page(s): 59; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Vacelet, J. (1976). Inventaire des Spongiaires du Parc national de Port-Cros (Var). <em>Travaux scientifiques du Parc national de Port-Cros.</em> 2, 167-186.
page(s): 182; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ramadan, M.M.; Kheirallah, A.M.; Badawi, H.K.; El-Beshbeeshy, M.M. (1989). A new record of sponges from the Egyptian Mediterranean waters. <em>Bulletin national of Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries.</em> 15, 63-71.
page(s): 69; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Naveiro Millán, A. (2002). Poríferos de la costa da Arrábida (Portugal). Clase Demospongiae. <em>Tesina Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 165 pp.
page(s): 145-146. Figura 68; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pansini, M.; Musso, B. (1991). Sponges from trawl-exploitable bottoms of the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas: distribution and ecology. <em>P.S.Z.N.I.: Marine Ecology.</em> 12 (4): 317-329.
page(s): 321; note: misapplication [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)
note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Boury-Esnault, N. (1971). Spongiaires de la zone rocheuse de Banyuls-sur-Mer. II. Systématique. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 22(2): 287-349.
page(s): 338; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 3: 1-217.
page(s): 9-10; fig 2; note: Misapplication: Laubenfels has ignored Spongia lamella Schulze and thought S. agaricina to be a Mediterranean species [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pouliquen, L. (1972). Les spongiaires des grottes sous-marines de la région de Marseille: Ecologie et systématique. <em>Téthys.</em> 3(4): 717-758.
page(s): 728; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G.; Pronzato, R. (1981 [1980]). The Keratosa in a collection of Mediterranean sponges mainly from the Italian coasts. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 83: 127-158.
page(s): 138-139; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vacelet, J. (1959). Répartition générale des éponges et systématique des éponges cornées de la région de Marseille et de quelques stations méditerranéennes. <em>Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume.</em> 16 (26): 39-101, pls 1-3.
page(s): 77; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ben Mustapha, K; Zarrouk, S.; Souissi, A.; El Abed, A. (2003). Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. <em>Bulletin Institut national des Sciences et Technologies de la mer de Salammbô.</em> 30, 55-78.
page(s): 73; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Carballo, J.L.; Garcia-Gómez, J.C. (1994). Esponjas del Estrecho de Gibraltar y áreas próximas, con nuevas aportaciones para la fauna Iberica [Porifera from the Straits of Gibraltar and nearby areas, new species of the Iberian fauna]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 35(2): 193-211. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 196; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Sarà, M. (1958). Contributo all consoscenza dei Poriferi del Mar Ligure. <em>Annali di Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Genova.</em> 70(1): 207-244.
page(s): 239; pl XII-XIII; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Castritsi-Catharios, J.; Magli, M.; Vacelet,J. (2007). Evaluation of the quality of two commercial sponges by tensile strength measurement. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 87: 1765–1771.
note: comparison of Mediterranean and Philippines Elephant Ear [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 397-398 [details]
basis of record Pronzato, R.; Manconi, R. (2008). Mediterranean commercial sponges: over 5000 years of natural history and cultural heritage. <em>Marine Ecology.</em> 29 (2), 146-166., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00235.x
page(s): 154 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 216-218 [details]
additional source Boury-Esnault, N.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Ledoyer, M.; Saldanha, L.; Zibrowius, H. (2001 [2005]). Peuplement benthique des grottes sous-marines de Sagres (Portugal, Atlantique nord-oriental). <i>In</i>: Biscoito, M., A.J. Almeida & P. Ré (Eds). A Tribute to Luiz Saldanha. <em>Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal.</em> Sup. 6: 15-38.
page(s): 20-21; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Lopes, M.T.; Boury-Esnault, N. (1981). Contribution à la connaissance des éponges cornées de la côte de l'Arrábida et de l'Algarve. <em>Arquivos do Museu Bocage.</em> 1(6): 95-110.
page(s): 99; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Voultsiadou-Koukoura, E.; Koukouras, A. (1993). Contribution to the knowledge of Keratose sponges (Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida, Verongida: Demospongiae, Porifera) of the Aegean Sea. <em>Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin.</em> 69, 57-72.
page(s): 59; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Vacelet, J. (1976). Inventaire des Spongiaires du Parc national de Port-Cros (Var). <em>Travaux scientifiques du Parc national de Port-Cros.</em> 2, 167-186.
page(s): 182; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Ramadan, M.M.; Kheirallah, A.M.; Badawi, H.K.; El-Beshbeeshy, M.M. (1989). A new record of sponges from the Egyptian Mediterranean waters. <em>Bulletin national of Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries.</em> 15, 63-71.
page(s): 69; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Naveiro Millán, A. (2002). Poríferos de la costa da Arrábida (Portugal). Clase Demospongiae. <em>Tesina Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 165 pp.
page(s): 145-146. Figura 68; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Pansini, M.; Musso, B. (1991). Sponges from trawl-exploitable bottoms of the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas: distribution and ecology. <em>P.S.Z.N.I.: Marine Ecology.</em> 12 (4): 317-329.
page(s): 321; note: misapplication [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)
note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Boury-Esnault, N. (1971). Spongiaires de la zone rocheuse de Banyuls-sur-Mer. II. Systématique. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 22(2): 287-349.
page(s): 338; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 3: 1-217.
page(s): 9-10; fig 2; note: Misapplication: Laubenfels has ignored Spongia lamella Schulze and thought S. agaricina to be a Mediterranean species [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Pouliquen, L. (1972). Les spongiaires des grottes sous-marines de la région de Marseille: Ecologie et systématique. <em>Téthys.</em> 3(4): 717-758.
page(s): 728; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G.; Pronzato, R. (1981 [1980]). The Keratosa in a collection of Mediterranean sponges mainly from the Italian coasts. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 83: 127-158.
page(s): 138-139; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Vacelet, J. (1959). Répartition générale des éponges et systématique des éponges cornées de la région de Marseille et de quelques stations méditerranéennes. <em>Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume.</em> 16 (26): 39-101, pls 1-3.
page(s): 77; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Ben Mustapha, K; Zarrouk, S.; Souissi, A.; El Abed, A. (2003). Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. <em>Bulletin Institut national des Sciences et Technologies de la mer de Salammbô.</em> 30, 55-78.
page(s): 73; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Carballo, J.L.; Garcia-Gómez, J.C. (1994). Esponjas del Estrecho de Gibraltar y áreas próximas, con nuevas aportaciones para la fauna Iberica [Porifera from the Straits of Gibraltar and nearby areas, new species of the Iberian fauna]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 35(2): 193-211. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 196; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Sarà, M. (1958). Contributo all consoscenza dei Poriferi del Mar Ligure. <em>Annali di Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Genova.</em> 70(1): 207-244.
page(s): 239; pl XII-XIII; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request] redescription Castritsi-Catharios, J.; Magli, M.; Vacelet,J. (2007). Evaluation of the quality of two commercial sponges by tensile strength measurement. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 87: 1765–1771.
note: comparison of Mediterranean and Philippines Elephant Ear [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype BMNH 25.11.1.1, geounit Palawan/North Borneo [details]
Unknown type, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution 'Oceanus Indicus', precise type-locality unknown [details]Remark Spongia agaricina was originally described from the Indian Ocean, but the name was subsequently adopted for a similarly looking (but unlikely to be the same) species from the Mediterranean. See Spongia lamella. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | elephant's ear sponge | [details] |
| German | Elefantenohr | [details] |
| Italian | spugna elefante | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (4 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (4 records)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (4 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (4 records)
