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) fuscoides Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
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 Hyatt, 1877
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 Hyatt, 1877
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) tectoria Hyatt, 1877
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 Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) bahamensis Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
Species Spongia (Spongia) corlosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) coelosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (misspelling of species name)
Species Spongia (Spongia) fenestrata Rao, 1941 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) raoi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
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) 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 Hyatt, 1877 (junior synonym)
Species Spongia (Spongia) prava Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) anclotea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 (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) divisa 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) punctata 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)
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) fuscoides Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
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 Hyatt, 1877
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 Hyatt, 1877
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) tectoria Hyatt, 1877
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 Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) bahamensis Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
Species Spongia (Spongia) corlosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) coelosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (misspelling of species name)
Species Spongia (Spongia) fenestrata Rao, 1941 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) raoi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
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) 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 Hyatt, 1877 (junior synonym)
Species Spongia (Spongia) prava Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) anclotea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 (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) divisa 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) punctata 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
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(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.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2023). World Porifera Database. Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165158 on 2023-10-01
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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 [request]
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
[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
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