WoRMS name details
Spongia rubens Pallas, 1766
178499 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178499)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 389-390 [details]
page(s): 389-390 [details]
Note "Mare Americanum"
Type locality "Mare Americanum" [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. Spongia rubens Pallas, 1766. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178499 on 2026-07-15
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2005-08-03 12:59:43Z
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Aracina, Claudia
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Nomenclature
original description
Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 389-390 [details]
basis of record Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 83 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2025). Typification of Porifera described in the 10th edition of Linnaeus' Systema Naturae, volume II, 1759. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5638(1): 1-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5638.1.1
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 389-390 [details]
basis of record Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 83 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2025). Typification of Porifera described in the 10th edition of Linnaeus' Systema Naturae, volume II, 1759. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5638(1): 1-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5638.1.1
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11943
page(s): 41 [details]
additional source Wilkens, C.F. (1787). P.S. Pallas, Charakteristik der Thierpflanzen. Nach seinem Tode herausgegeben von J.F.W. Herbst. <em>Raspischen Buchhandlung, Nürnberg.</em> pp. 265 + 22 (unnumbered) + pls. XXVI.
page(s): 226 [details]
additional source Boddaert, P. 1768. Lyst der Plant-Dieren, p. (1-50) + 1-654, pls. 1-14. Van Paddenburg & Van Schoonhoven, Utrecht.
page(s): 491 [details]
page(s): 41 [details]
additional source Wilkens, C.F. (1787). P.S. Pallas, Charakteristik der Thierpflanzen. Nach seinem Tode herausgegeben von J.F.W. Herbst. <em>Raspischen Buchhandlung, Nürnberg.</em> pp. 265 + 22 (unnumbered) + pls. XXVI.
page(s): 226 [details]
additional source Boddaert, P. 1768. Lyst der Plant-Dieren, p. (1-50) + 1-654, pls. 1-14. Van Paddenburg & Van Schoonhoven, Utrecht.
page(s): 491 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality "Mare Americanum" [details]
