WoRMS name details
Spongelia elastica Schulze, 1879
193557 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193557)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
Spongelia Nardo, 1847 accepted as Dysidea Johnston, 1842
- Variety Spongelia elastica var. crassa Dendy, 1905 accepted as Dysidea crassa (Dendy, 1905) (genus transfer)
- Variety Spongelia elastica var. lobosa Schulze, 1879 accepted as Dysidea pallescens (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Variety Spongelia elastica var. massa Schulze, 1879 accepted as Dysidea pallescens (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Variety Spongelia elastica var. stellidermata (Carter, 1885) accepted as Psammoclema stellidermatum (Carter, 1885)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spongelia pallescens elastica Schulze, 1879) Schulze, F.E. (1879). Untersuchungen über den Bau und dia Entwicklung der Spongien. Sechste Mittheilung. Die Gattung <i>Spongelia</i>. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32: 117-157.
page(s): 150 [details]
page(s): 150 [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. Spongelia elastica Schulze, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=193557 on 2026-08-31
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Nomenclature
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(of Spongelia pallescens elastica Schulze, 1879) Schulze, F.E. (1879). Untersuchungen über den Bau und dia Entwicklung der Spongien. Sechste Mittheilung. Die Gattung <i>Spongelia</i>. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32: 117-157.
page(s): 150 [details]
basis of record 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): 657-658 [details]
page(s): 150 [details]
basis of record 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): 657-658 [details]
Other
additional source
Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12.
page(s): 207-208; note: Misapplication [details]
page(s): 207-208; note: Misapplication [details]
