WoRMS taxon details
Spinularia (Spinularia) spinularia (Bowerbank, 1866)
134223 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134223)
accepted
Species
Polymastia spinularia (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Radiella spinularia (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Rhaphidorus setosus Topsent, 1898 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spinularia tetheoides Gray, 1867 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Tethea spinularia Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tethea spinularia Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 94-96 [details]
page(s): 94-96 [details]
Type locality contained in North Sea
type locality contained in North Sea [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Spinularia (Spinularia) spinularia (Bowerbank, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134223 on 2026-05-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Rhaphidorus setosus Topsent, 1898) Topsent, E. (1898). Eponges nouvelles des Açores. (Première serie). <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 11: 225-255.
page(s): 245 [details]
original description (of Rhaphidorus setosus Topsent, 1898) Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 25: 1-280, pls 1-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 120-122 [details]
original description (of Tethea spinularia Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 94-96 [details]
original description (of Spinularia tetheoides Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_22
page(s): 216; fig 13 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002 [2004]). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5.
page(s): 216; fig 13 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Santín, A.; Theising, F.; Despujols, D.; Brandt, A. (2026). A chance encounter: New <i>Spinularia</i> Gray, 1867 from abyssal depths of the Aleutian Trench (Bering Sea) leads to the proposal of new family, Spinulariidae fam nov. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 103699., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2026.103699 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 245 [details]
original description (of Rhaphidorus setosus Topsent, 1898) Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 25: 1-280, pls 1-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 120-122 [details]
original description (of Tethea spinularia Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 94-96 [details]
original description (of Spinularia tetheoides Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_22
page(s): 216; fig 13 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002 [2004]). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5.
page(s): 216; fig 13 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Santín, A.; Theising, F.; Despujols, D.; Brandt, A. (2026). A chance encounter: New <i>Spinularia</i> Gray, 1867 from abyssal depths of the Aleutian Trench (Bering Sea) leads to the proposal of new family, Spinulariidae fam nov. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 103699., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2026.103699 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Cruz, T. (2002). Esponjas marinas de Canarias. <em>Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias.</em> S/C Tenerife. 260 pp. [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]
additional source Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls.
page(s): 76 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Stephens, J. (1915). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. I.- The Triaxonia and part of the Tetraxonida. <em>Fisheries, Ireland Scientific Investigations.</em> 1914(4): 1-43, pls I-V.
page(s): 31 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 150 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1993). Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.</em> 159: 205-219. [details] Available for editors [request]
[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]
additional source Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls.
page(s): 76 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Stephens, J. (1915). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. I.- The Triaxonia and part of the Tetraxonida. <em>Fisheries, Ireland Scientific Investigations.</em> 1914(4): 1-43, pls I-V.
page(s): 31 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 150 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1993). Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.</em> 159: 205-219. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Tethea spinularia Bowerbank, 1866) BMNH 1810.1.1.1183, geounit North Sea [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Tethea spinularia Bowerbank, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Radiella spinularia (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Rhaphidorus setosus Topsent, 1898)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spinularia spinularia)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Tethea spinularia Bowerbank, 1866)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Tethea spinularia Bowerbank, 1866)
To PESI (from synonym Rhaphidorus setosus Topsent, 1898)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Tethea spinularia Bowerbank, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Tethea spinularia Bowerbank, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Radiella spinularia (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Rhaphidorus setosus Topsent, 1898)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spinularia spinularia)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Tethea spinularia Bowerbank, 1866)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Tethea spinularia Bowerbank, 1866)
To PESI (from synonym Rhaphidorus setosus Topsent, 1898)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Tethea spinularia Bowerbank, 1866)
