WoRMS name details
Phyllospongia alcicornis (Esper, 1794)
165278 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165278)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Spongia alcicornis Esper, 1794) 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): 248-249 [details]
page(s): 248-249 [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. Phyllospongia alcicornis (Esper, 1794). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165278 on 2026-07-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spongia alcicornis Esper, 1794) 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): 248-249 [details]
page(s): 248-249 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Abdul Wahab, M.A.; Wilson, N.G.; Prada, D.; Gomez, O.; Fromont, J. (2020 [2021]). Molecular and morphological assessment of tropical sponges in the subfamily Phyllospongiinae, with the descriptions of two new species. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 193 (1): 319–335., available online at http://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B6B5E0EFA62B- 4DAF-ABDA-4CAC009EEB27
page(s): 27 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 27 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Bergquist, P.R.; Ayling, A.M.; Wilkinson, C.R. (1988). Foliose Dictyoceratida of the Australian Great Barrier Reef. I Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Relationships. <em>P.S.Z.N.I.: Marine Ecology.</em> 9 (4): 291-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1988.tb00209.x
page(s): 309-312 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Topsent, E. (1933). Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Fin. <em>Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 10: 1-60.
page(s): 4-5 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1994). Chapter 6.1. Sponges of the Seychelles. Pp. 65-74. In: J. van der Land (ed.) Oceanic Reefs of the Seychelles. Netherlands Indian Ocean Programme. <em>National Museum of Natural History, Leiden.</em> p. 65-74. [details]
biology source Benzie, J.A.H.; Sandusky, C.; Wilkinson, C.R. (1994). Genetic structure of dioctyoceratid sponge populations on the Western Coral Sea reefs. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 119: 335-345., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00347530
page(s): 336 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 309-312 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Topsent, E. (1933). Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Fin. <em>Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 10: 1-60.
page(s): 4-5 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1994). Chapter 6.1. Sponges of the Seychelles. Pp. 65-74. In: J. van der Land (ed.) Oceanic Reefs of the Seychelles. Netherlands Indian Ocean Programme. <em>National Museum of Natural History, Leiden.</em> p. 65-74. [details]
biology source Benzie, J.A.H.; Sandusky, C.; Wilkinson, C.R. (1994). Genetic structure of dioctyoceratid sponge populations on the Western Coral Sea reefs. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 119: 335-345., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00347530
page(s): 336 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
