WoRMS taxon details
Spongia (Spongia) lamella (Schulze, 1879)
266969 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:266969)
accepted
Species
Euspongia officinalis var. lamella Schulze, 1879 · unaccepted (genus transfer and rank elevation)
Spongia lamella (Schulze, 1879) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Spongia officinalis var. agaricina Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted
Spongia stellifera Lamarck, 1814 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Euspongia officinalis var. lamella Schulze, 1879) Schulze, F.E. (1879). Untersuchungen über den Bau und die Entwicklung der Spongien. Siebente Mittheilung. Die Familie der Spongidae. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32: 593-660, pls XXXIV-XXXVIII.
page(s): 617; pl XXXV fig 4 [details]
page(s): 617; pl XXXV fig 4 [details]
Neotype (of Spongia lamella (Schulze, 1879)) MSNG...
, Type locality contained in Adriatic Sea
Neotype (of Spongia lamella (Schulze, 1879)) MSNG 54199, geounit Ionian Sea [details]
type locality contained in Adriatic Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomy This replaces the name Spongia agaricina for Mediterranean Elephant Ear sponges.
Taxonomy This replaces the name Spongia agaricina for Mediterranean Elephant Ear sponges. [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Spongia (Spongia) lamella (Schulze, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266969 on 2025-12-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Euspongia officinalis var. lamella Schulze, 1879) Schulze, F.E. (1879). Untersuchungen über den Bau und die Entwicklung der Spongien. Siebente Mittheilung. Die Familie der Spongidae. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32: 593-660, pls XXXIV-XXXVIII.
page(s): 617; pl XXXV fig 4 [details]
original description (of Spongia stellifera 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): 384 [details]
page(s): 617; pl XXXV fig 4 [details]
original description (of Spongia stellifera 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): 384 [details]
Other
additional source
Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
page(s): 2158 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Santín, A.; Grinyó, J.; Ambroso, S.; Uriz, M.-J.; Gori, A.; Dominguez-Carrió, C.; Gili, J.-M. (2018). Sponge assemblages on the deep Mediterranean continental shelf and slope (Menorca Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea). <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 131: 75-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.11.003
page(s): Supplementary data [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Idan, T.; Shefer, S.; Feldstein, T.; Ilan, M. (2021). New discoveries in Eastern Mediterranean mesophotic sponge grounds: updated checklist and description of three novel sponge species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 22 (2): 270-284., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.25837
page(s): 281 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Evcen, A.; Özalp, B. (2023). Marine invertebrate fauna (Porifera, Anthozoa) and biodiversity status on the historically important wreck sites of HMS Majestic and Helles Barges (Northern Aegean coast of Türkiye). pp. 56-72 <i>in</i> Öz, M.İ. (Ed.) 2023. Shipwrecks of the Gallipoli Campaign and Protection of Marine Biodiversity. Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV) Publication no: 69, İstanbul, Türkiye.
page(s): 66 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 2158 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Santín, A.; Grinyó, J.; Ambroso, S.; Uriz, M.-J.; Gori, A.; Dominguez-Carrió, C.; Gili, J.-M. (2018). Sponge assemblages on the deep Mediterranean continental shelf and slope (Menorca Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea). <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 131: 75-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.11.003
page(s): Supplementary data [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Idan, T.; Shefer, S.; Feldstein, T.; Ilan, M. (2021). New discoveries in Eastern Mediterranean mesophotic sponge grounds: updated checklist and description of three novel sponge species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 22 (2): 270-284., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.25837
page(s): 281 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Evcen, A.; Özalp, B. (2023). Marine invertebrate fauna (Porifera, Anthozoa) and biodiversity status on the historically important wreck sites of HMS Majestic and Helles Barges (Northern Aegean coast of Türkiye). pp. 56-72 <i>in</i> Öz, M.İ. (Ed.) 2023. Shipwrecks of the Gallipoli Campaign and Protection of Marine Biodiversity. Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV) Publication no: 69, İstanbul, Türkiye.
page(s): 66 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype (of Spongia lamella (Schulze, 1879)) MSNG 54199, geounit Ionian Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy This replaces the name Spongia agaricina for Mediterranean Elephant Ear sponges. [details]
