WoRMS taxon details
Phyllospongia papyracea (Esper, 1806)
165287 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165287)
accepted
Species
Carteriospongia madagascarensis Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Phyllospongia (Spongionella) papyracea (Esper, 1806) · unaccepted
Phyllospongia coriacea Thiele, 1899 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Phyllospongia distans Lendenfeld, 1889 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Phyllospongia holdsworthi (Bowerbank, 1873) · unaccepted
Phyllospongia madagascarensis (Hyatt, 1877) · unaccepted
Phyllospongia madagascariensis (Hyatt, 1877) · unaccepted (misspelling of species name and...)
misspelling of species name and junior synonym
Phyllospongia papyracea laciniata (Lamarck, 1814) · unaccepted
Spongia laciniata Lamarck, 1814 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Spongia papyracea Esper, 1806 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongionella holdsworthii Bowerbank, 1873 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Subspecies Phyllospongia papyracea laciniata (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Phyllospongia papyracea (Esper, 1806)
- Subspecies Phyllospongia papyracea macropora (Lendenfeld, 1889) accepted as Phyllospongia macropora Lendenfeld, 1889
- Subspecies Phyllospongia papyracea polyphylla (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Phyllospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Spongia papyracea Esper, 1806) Esper, E.J.C. (1806). Die Pflanzenthiere: in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen (Band 2, Fortsetzung): Fortsetzungen der Pflanzenthiere. <em>Nürnberg.</em> Porifera, pp. 18-23, 38-45, pls LXII-LXX.
page(s): 38, pl. LXV [details]
page(s): 38, pl. LXV [details]
Type locality contained in Eastern India
type locality contained in Eastern India [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. Phyllospongia papyracea (Esper, 1806). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165287 on 2026-09-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spongionella holdsworthii Bowerbank, 1873) Bowerbank, J.S. (1873). Report on a Collection of Sponges found at Ceylon by E.W.H. Holdsworth, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 25-32, pls V-VII.
page(s): 25-26 [details]
original description (of Spongia papyracea Esper, 1806) Esper, E.J.C. (1806). Die Pflanzenthiere: in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen (Band 2, Fortsetzung): Fortsetzungen der Pflanzenthiere. <em>Nürnberg.</em> Porifera, pp. 18-23, 38-45, pls LXII-LXX.
page(s): 38, pl. LXV [details]
original description (of Carteriospongia madagascarensis Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 542 [details]
original description (of Spongia laciniata Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 445 [details]
original description (of Phyllospongia (Spongionella) distans Lendenfeld, 1889) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 189 [details]
original description (of Phyllospongia coriacea Thiele, 1899) Thiele, J. (1899). Studien über pazifische Spongien. II. Ueber einige Spongien von Celebes. Zoologica. <em>Original-Abhandlungen aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Zoologie. Stuttgart.</em> 24 (2): 1-33, pls I-V.
page(s): 27-28 [details]
page(s): 25-26 [details]
original description (of Spongia papyracea Esper, 1806) Esper, E.J.C. (1806). Die Pflanzenthiere: in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen (Band 2, Fortsetzung): Fortsetzungen der Pflanzenthiere. <em>Nürnberg.</em> Porifera, pp. 18-23, 38-45, pls LXII-LXX.
page(s): 38, pl. LXV [details]
original description (of Carteriospongia madagascarensis Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 542 [details]
original description (of Spongia laciniata Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 445 [details]
original description (of Phyllospongia (Spongionella) distans Lendenfeld, 1889) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 189 [details]
original description (of Phyllospongia coriacea Thiele, 1899) Thiele, J. (1899). Studien über pazifische Spongien. II. Ueber einige Spongien von Celebes. Zoologica. <em>Original-Abhandlungen aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Zoologie. Stuttgart.</em> 24 (2): 1-33, pls I-V.
page(s): 27-28 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
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): 8-13 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 8-13 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Bergquist, P.R. (1995). Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida from the New Caledonia Lagoon (Porifera: Demospongiae). <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 38 (1): 1-51.
page(s): 9 [details]
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): 304-305 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bergquist, P.R.; Morton, J.E.; Tizard, C.A. (1971). Some Demospongiae from the Solomon Islands with descriptive notes on the major sponge habitats. <em>Micronesica.</em> 7 (1-2): 99-121.
page(s): 100 & 104 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 217-218 [details]
additional source Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R. (1990). Sponges (Demospongiae) from Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) (South Pacific Ocean). <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 97(2): 373-410., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.79743
page(s): 388-389 [details]
additional source Helmy, T.; El Serehy, H.; Mohamed, S.Z.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2004). Description and classification of dictyoceratid sponges from the northern Red Sea. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 54 (6): 81-91.
page(s): 85 [details]
additional source Hooper, J.N.A. (2008). Sponges. Pp 170-186. In: P. Hutchings, M.J. Kingsford & I.O. Hoegh-Guldberg (eds). The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and management. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/9780643098275
page(s): 173 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 543-544 [details]
additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 3: 1-217.
page(s): 45-47 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lévi, C. (1958). Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la ‘Calypso'.Campagne 1951-1952 en Mer Rouge (suite). 11. Spongiaires de Mer Rouge recueillis par la ‘Calypso' (1951-1952). <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 34(3): 3-46.
page(s): 41 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lévi, C. (1961). Spongiaires des Iles Philippines, principalement récoltées au voisinage de Zamboanga. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 88 (4): 509-533.
page(s): 530 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rao, H.S. 1941. Indian and Ceylon sponges of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm collected by K. Fristedt. Records of the Indian Museum 43: 417-469., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v43/i2/1941/162394
page(s): 454 [details]
additional source Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 593 [details]
additional source Sivaleela, G. (2014). Marine sponges of Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>Records of the Zoolgical Survey of India.</em> 114 (Part 4): 607-622., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v114/i4/2014/121613
page(s): 613 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1971). Éponges des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Madagascar). <em>Téthys.</em> Supplément 1: 51-126.
page(s): 115 [details]
additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1977). Sponge distribution in coral reefs and related areas in the vicinity of Tulear (Madagascar). <em>Proceedings of the Third International Coral Reef Symposium.</em> 1977, 113-117.
page(s): 116 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 9 [details]
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): 304-305 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bergquist, P.R.; Morton, J.E.; Tizard, C.A. (1971). Some Demospongiae from the Solomon Islands with descriptive notes on the major sponge habitats. <em>Micronesica.</em> 7 (1-2): 99-121.
page(s): 100 & 104 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 217-218 [details]
additional source Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R. (1990). Sponges (Demospongiae) from Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) (South Pacific Ocean). <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 97(2): 373-410., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.79743
page(s): 388-389 [details]
additional source Helmy, T.; El Serehy, H.; Mohamed, S.Z.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2004). Description and classification of dictyoceratid sponges from the northern Red Sea. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 54 (6): 81-91.
page(s): 85 [details]
additional source Hooper, J.N.A. (2008). Sponges. Pp 170-186. In: P. Hutchings, M.J. Kingsford & I.O. Hoegh-Guldberg (eds). The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and management. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/9780643098275
page(s): 173 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 543-544 [details]
additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 3: 1-217.
page(s): 45-47 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lévi, C. (1958). Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la ‘Calypso'.Campagne 1951-1952 en Mer Rouge (suite). 11. Spongiaires de Mer Rouge recueillis par la ‘Calypso' (1951-1952). <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 34(3): 3-46.
page(s): 41 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lévi, C. (1961). Spongiaires des Iles Philippines, principalement récoltées au voisinage de Zamboanga. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 88 (4): 509-533.
page(s): 530 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rao, H.S. 1941. Indian and Ceylon sponges of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm collected by K. Fristedt. Records of the Indian Museum 43: 417-469., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v43/i2/1941/162394
page(s): 454 [details]
additional source Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 593 [details]
additional source Sivaleela, G. (2014). Marine sponges of Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>Records of the Zoolgical Survey of India.</em> 114 (Part 4): 607-622., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v114/i4/2014/121613
page(s): 613 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1971). Éponges des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Madagascar). <em>Téthys.</em> Supplément 1: 51-126.
page(s): 115 [details]
additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1977). Sponge distribution in coral reefs and related areas in the vicinity of Tulear (Madagascar). <em>Proceedings of the Third International Coral Reef Symposium.</em> 1977, 113-117.
page(s): 116 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Cotype (of Spongia papyracea Esper, 1806) BMNH 1931.4.1.1 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | サカズキカイメン | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Phyllospongia distans Lendenfeld, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Spongia papyracea Esper, 1806)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Spongia laciniata Lamarck, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Spongionella holdsworthii Bowerbank, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Phyllospongia coriacea Thiele, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Carteriospongia madagascarensis Hyatt, 1877)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phyllospongia papyracea)
To GenBank (118 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Phyllospongia distans Lendenfeld, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Spongia papyracea Esper, 1806)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Spongia laciniata Lamarck, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Spongionella holdsworthii Bowerbank, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Phyllospongia coriacea Thiele, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Carteriospongia madagascarensis Hyatt, 1877)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phyllospongia papyracea)
To GenBank (118 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Image from synonym
