WoRMS name details
Phyllospongia foliacens (Pallas, 1766)
234342 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234342)
unaccepted (genus transfer and incorrect spelling of species name)
Species
Carterispongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (misspelling of genus name and...)
misspelling of genus name and genus transfer
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spongia foliascens Pallas, 1766) 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): 395-396 [details]
page(s): 395-396 [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 foliacens (Pallas, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234342 on 2026-08-08
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Nomenclature
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(of Spongia foliascens Pallas, 1766) 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): 395-396 [details]
basis of record Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P.; Lévi, C. (1976). Spongiaires de la pente externe des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Sud-Ouest de Madagascar). <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A, Zoologie).</em> 49:1-116, pls I-X. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Luter, H. M.; Widder, S.; Botté, E. S.; Abdul Wahab, M.; Whalan, S.; Moitinho-Silva, L.; Thomas, T.; Webster, N. S. (2015). Biogeographic variation in the microbiome of the ecologically important sponge <i>Carteriospongia foliascens</i>. <em>PeerJ.</em> 3: e1435., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1435
page(s): Supplementary file captions of Fig.S1, Table S2 [details]
page(s): 395-396 [details]
basis of record Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P.; Lévi, C. (1976). Spongiaires de la pente externe des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Sud-Ouest de Madagascar). <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A, Zoologie).</em> 49:1-116, pls I-X. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Luter, H. M.; Widder, S.; Botté, E. S.; Abdul Wahab, M.; Whalan, S.; Moitinho-Silva, L.; Thomas, T.; Webster, N. S. (2015). Biogeographic variation in the microbiome of the ecologically important sponge <i>Carteriospongia foliascens</i>. <em>PeerJ.</em> 3: e1435., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1435
page(s): Supplementary file captions of Fig.S1, Table S2 [details]
Other
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]
biology source Lévi, C. (1956). Étude des <i>Halisarca</i> de Roscoff. Embryologie et systématique des démosponges. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 93(1): 1-181.
page(s): 128-129 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 116 [details] Available for editors
[request]biology source Lévi, C. (1956). Étude des <i>Halisarca</i> de Roscoff. Embryologie et systématique des démosponges. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 93(1): 1-181.
page(s): 128-129 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Reproduction Viviparity. Reproduction period december & January. Characteristic black ring at the posterior pole of the larva. Lévi (1956) pp. 128-129 [details]
