WoRMS taxon details
Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759
165158 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165158)
accepted
Subgenus
Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 represented as Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 (type by monotypy)
Ditela Schmidt, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Euspongia Bronn, 1859 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) adjimensis (Topsent, 1925)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) agaricina Pallas, 1766
- Species Spongia (Spongia) anclotea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
- Species Spongia (Spongia) arabica Keller, 1889
- Species Spongia (Spongia) australis Bergquist, 1995
- Species Spongia (Spongia) bailyi (Lendenfeld, 1886)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
- Species Spongia (Spongia) bibulus Rao, 1941
- Species Spongia (Spongia) brunnea Lévi, 1969
- Species Spongia (Spongia) cerebralis Thiele, 1905
- Species Spongia (Spongia) ceylonensis (Dendy, 1905)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) coelosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
- Species Spongia (Spongia) conifera (Lendenfeld, 1886)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) cookii Hyatt, 1877
- Species Spongia (Spongia) distans (Schulz, 1900)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) excavata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) fistulosa (Lendenfeld, 1889)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) graminea Hyatt, 1877
- Species Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814
- Species Spongia (Spongia) hospes (Lendenfeld, 1889)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) illawarra (Whitelegge, 1901)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) lamella (Schulze, 1879)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) lesleighae Helmy, El Serehy, Mohamed & van Soest, 2004
- Species Spongia (Spongia) lignea Hyatt, 1877
- Species Spongia (Spongia) lobosa (Poléjaeff, 1884)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) magellanica Thiele, 1905
- Species Spongia (Spongia) matamata de Laubenfels, 1954
- Species Spongia (Spongia) mexicana Hyatt, 1877
- Species Spongia (Spongia) mollicula Hyatt, 1877
- Species Spongia (Spongia) mollissima Schmidt, 1862
- Species Spongia (Spongia) nicholsoni Hyatt, 1877
- Species Spongia (Spongia) nitens (Schmidt, 1862)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) obliqua Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
- Species Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977
- Species Spongia (Spongia) oceania de Laubenfels, 1950
- Species Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
- Species Spongia (Spongia) osculata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) perforata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) pilosa (Wilson, 1902)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) raoi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
- Species Spongia (Spongia) reticulata (Lendenfeld, 1886)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) solitaria Van Soest, 1978
- Species Spongia (Spongia) spinosa (Lendenfeld, 1889)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) sterea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
- Species Spongia (Spongia) suriganensis (Wilson, 1925)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) sweeti (Kirkpatrick, 1900)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) tampa de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
- Species Spongia (Spongia) tenuiramosa (Dendy, 1905)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814
- Species Spongia (Spongia) violacea Lévi, 1969
- Species Spongia (Spongia) virgultosa (Schmidt, 1868)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) zimocca Schmidt, 1862
- Species Spongia (Spongia) caliciformis sensu Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977 (unavailable original name)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) corlosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 (misspelling of species name and junior synonym)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) divisa Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977 (unavailable original name)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) fenestrata Rao, 1941 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) raoi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) fuscoides Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 (unavailable name)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) idia de Laubenfels, 1932 accepted as Leiosella idia (de Laubenfels, 1932) (genus transfer)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) intermedia Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Hippospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) irregularis (Lendenfeld, 1889) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814 (junior synonym)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) obscura sensu Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977 (unavailable original name)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) papyracea sensu Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia alpheushyatti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) pertusa Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) anclotea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 (preoccupied)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) pikei (Hyatt, 1877) accepted as Fasciospongia pikei (Hyatt, 1877) (genus transfer)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) plana Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977 (unavailable original name)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) prava Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) anclotea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 (junior synonym)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) punctata Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 (junior synonym)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) solitaria sensu Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) solitaria Van Soest, 1978 (unavailable original name)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) tectoria Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (unavailable original name)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) vonlendenfeldi Van Soest, 2024 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814 (preoccupied and junior synonym)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) bahamensis Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) bartholomei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) cladonia Rafinesque, 1818 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) ditelliformis Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) dumetosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) guadelupensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) haagenseni Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) isidis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) krebbresii Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) lacinulosiformis Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) napiformis Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) negligens Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) subcircularis Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) tetheaformis Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) turrita Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) usitatissima Lamarck, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) vermiculatiformis Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spongia (Spongia) virgata Rafinesque, 1818 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267 [details] 
(of Spongia Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267
page(s): 1348 [details]
(of Spongia Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267
page(s): 1348 [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. Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165158 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267 [details] 
original description (of Spongia Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267
page(s): 1348 [details]
original description (of Ditela Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 24 [details]
original description (of Euspongia Bronn, 1859) Bronn, H.G. (1859). Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs, wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Erster Band. Amorphozoen. <em>C.F. Winter:Leipzig and Heidelberg.</em> i-xvi, 1-142. [details]
basis of record Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002 [2004]]). Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1051-1060. <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 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002). Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1051-1060. <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). [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Spongia Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267
page(s): 1348 [details]
original description (of Ditela Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 24 [details]
original description (of Euspongia Bronn, 1859) Bronn, H.G. (1859). Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs, wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Erster Band. Amorphozoen. <em>C.F. Winter:Leipzig and Heidelberg.</em> i-xvi, 1-142. [details]
basis of record Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002 [2004]]). Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1051-1060. <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 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

basis of record Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002). Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1051-1060. <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). [details] Available for editors




