WoRMS name details
Prosuberites epiphytum (Lamarck, 1815)
234446 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234446)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Alcyonium epiphytum Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details] 
Taxonomy All records of Prosuberites epiphytum (Lamarck, 1815) from the Mediterranean area have to be referred to Protosuberites...
Taxonomy All records of Prosuberites epiphytum (Lamarck, 1815) from the Mediterranean area have to be referred to Protosuberites denhartogi van Soest & De Kluijver, 2003 [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Prosuberites epiphytum (Lamarck, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234446 on 2026-01-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Alcyonium epiphytum Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; De Kluijver, M.J. (2003). <i>Protosuberites denhartogi</i> spec. nov., a new name for European<i> 'Prosuberites epiphytum'</i> (Demospongiae, Hadromerida). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 345: 401-407. [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; De Kluijver, M.J. (2003). <i>Protosuberites denhartogi</i> spec. nov., a new name for European<i> 'Prosuberites epiphytum'</i> (Demospongiae, Hadromerida). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 345: 401-407. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Suberitidae. Pp 227-244 <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - a guide to the classification of the sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York: 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors 
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source of synonymy Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Suberitidae. Pp 227-244 <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - a guide to the classification of the sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York: 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription 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): 34, pl. III figs 2-3 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]source of synonymy Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Suberitidae. Pp 227-244 <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - a guide to the classification of the sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York: 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription 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): 34, pl. III figs 2-3 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy All records of Prosuberites epiphytum (Lamarck, 1815) from the Mediterranean area have to be referred to Protosuberites denhartogi van Soest & De Kluijver, 2003 [details]
