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Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759

Spongia (Euspongia) officinalis var. adriatica (Schmidt, 1862)
Spongia (Euspongia) officinalis var. adriatica (Schmidt, 1862)

165158  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165158)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Keratosa (Subclass)
  6. Dictyoceratida (Order)
  7. Spongiidae (Family)
  8. Spongia (Genus)
  9. Spongia (Spongia) (Subgenus)
accepted
Subgenus
Ditela Schmidt, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Euspongia Bronn, 1859 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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  1. Species Spongia (Spongia) adjimensis (Topsent, 1925)
  2. Species Spongia (Spongia) agaricina Pallas, 1766
  3. Species Spongia (Spongia) anclotea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
  4. Species Spongia (Spongia) arabica Keller, 1889
  5. Species Spongia (Spongia) australis Bergquist, 1995
  6. Species Spongia (Spongia) bailyi (Lendenfeld, 1886)
  7. Species Spongia (Spongia) barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  8. Species Spongia (Spongia) bibulus Rao, 1941
  9. Species Spongia (Spongia) brunnea Lévi, 1969
  10. Species Spongia (Spongia) cerebralis Thiele, 1905
  11. Species Spongia (Spongia) ceylonensis (Dendy, 1905)
  12. Species Spongia (Spongia) coelosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  13. Species Spongia (Spongia) conifera (Lendenfeld, 1886)
  14. Species Spongia (Spongia) cookii Hyatt, 1877
  15. Species Spongia (Spongia) distans (Schulz, 1900)
  16. Species Spongia (Spongia) excavata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  17. Species Spongia (Spongia) fistulosa (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  18. Species Spongia (Spongia) graminea Hyatt, 1877
  19. Species Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814
  20. Species Spongia (Spongia) hospes (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  21. Species Spongia (Spongia) illawarra (Whitelegge, 1901)
  22. Species Spongia (Spongia) lamella (Schulze, 1879)
  23. Species Spongia (Spongia) lesleighae Helmy, El Serehy, Mohamed & van Soest, 2004
  24. Species Spongia (Spongia) lignea Hyatt, 1877
  25. Species Spongia (Spongia) lobosa (Poléjaeff, 1884)
  26. Species Spongia (Spongia) magellanica Thiele, 1905
  27. Species Spongia (Spongia) matamata de Laubenfels, 1954
  28. Species Spongia (Spongia) mexicana Hyatt, 1877
  29. Species Spongia (Spongia) mollicula Hyatt, 1877
  30. Species Spongia (Spongia) mollissima Schmidt, 1862
  31. Species Spongia (Spongia) nicholsoni Hyatt, 1877
  32. Species Spongia (Spongia) nitens (Schmidt, 1862)
  33. Species Spongia (Spongia) obliqua Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  34. Species Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977
  35. Species Spongia (Spongia) oceania de Laubenfels, 1950
  36. Species Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
  37. Species Spongia (Spongia) osculata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  38. Species Spongia (Spongia) perforata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  39. Species Spongia (Spongia) pilosa (Wilson, 1902)
  40. Species Spongia (Spongia) raoi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  41. Species Spongia (Spongia) reticulata (Lendenfeld, 1886)
  42. Species Spongia (Spongia) solitaria Van Soest, 1978
  43. Species Spongia (Spongia) spinosa (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  44. Species Spongia (Spongia) sterea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
  45. Species Spongia (Spongia) suriganensis (Wilson, 1925)
  46. Species Spongia (Spongia) sweeti (Kirkpatrick, 1900)
  47. Species Spongia (Spongia) tampa de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
  48. Species Spongia (Spongia) tenuiramosa (Dendy, 1905)
  49. Species Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814
  50. Species Spongia (Spongia) violacea Lévi, 1969
  51. Species Spongia (Spongia) virgultosa (Schmidt, 1868)
  52. Species Spongia (Spongia) zimocca Schmidt, 1862
  53. Species Spongia (Spongia) caliciformis sensu Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977 (unavailable original name)
  54. Species Spongia (Spongia) corlosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 (misspelling of species name and junior synonym)
  55. Species Spongia (Spongia) divisa Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977 (unavailable original name)
  56. Species Spongia (Spongia) fenestrata Rao, 1941 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) raoi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
  57. Species Spongia (Spongia) fuscoides Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 (unavailable name)
  58. Species Spongia (Spongia) idia de Laubenfels, 1932 accepted as Leiosella idia (de Laubenfels, 1932) (genus transfer)
  59. Species Spongia (Spongia) intermedia Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Hippospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  60. Species Spongia (Spongia) irregularis (Lendenfeld, 1889) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814 (junior synonym)
  61. Species Spongia (Spongia) obscura sensu Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977 (unavailable original name)
  62. Species Spongia (Spongia) papyracea sensu Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia alpheushyatti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
  63. Species Spongia (Spongia) pertusa Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) anclotea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 (preoccupied)
  64. Species Spongia (Spongia) pikei (Hyatt, 1877) accepted as Fasciospongia pikei (Hyatt, 1877) (genus transfer)
  65. Species Spongia (Spongia) plana Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977 (unavailable original name)
  66. Species Spongia (Spongia) prava Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) anclotea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 (junior synonym)
  67. Species Spongia (Spongia) punctata Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 (junior synonym)
  68. Species Spongia (Spongia) solitaria sensu Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) solitaria Van Soest, 1978 (unavailable original name)
  69. Species Spongia (Spongia) tectoria Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (unavailable original name)
  70. Species Spongia (Spongia) vonlendenfeldi Van Soest, 2024 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814 (preoccupied and junior synonym)
  71. Species Spongia (Spongia) bahamensis Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  72. Species Spongia (Spongia) bartholomei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  73. Species Spongia (Spongia) cladonia Rafinesque, 1818 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  74. Species Spongia (Spongia) ditelliformis Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  75. Species Spongia (Spongia) dumetosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  76. Species Spongia (Spongia) guadelupensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  77. Species Spongia (Spongia) haagenseni Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  78. Species Spongia (Spongia) isidis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  79. Species Spongia (Spongia) krebbresii Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  80. Species Spongia (Spongia) lacinulosiformis Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  81. Species Spongia (Spongia) napiformis Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  82. Species Spongia (Spongia) negligens Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  83. Species Spongia (Spongia) subcircularis Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  84. Species Spongia (Spongia) tetheaformis Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  85. Species Spongia (Spongia) turrita Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  86. Species Spongia (Spongia) usitatissima Lamarck, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  87. Species Spongia (Spongia) vermiculatiformis Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  88. 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] OpenAccess publication

(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] OpenAccess publication
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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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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2010-05-17 18:25:03Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2018-05-21 14:26:42Z
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Boury-Esnault, Nicole
2022-04-14 12:58:41Z
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Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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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] OpenAccess publication

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] OpenAccess publication

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] OpenAccess publication

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] OpenAccess publication

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  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [request]

 
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Spongia (Euspongia) officinalis var. adriatica (Schmidt, 1862)
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