WoRMS name details
Hircinia foetida (Schmidt, 1862)
475135 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475135)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
Hircinia Nardo, 1834 accepted as Ircinia Nardo, 1833
- Variety Hircinia foetida var. cuspidata Wilson, 1902 accepted as Ircinia cuspidata (Wilson, 1902) (genus name correction and status change)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Sarcotragus foetidus Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 36; pl III fig 19 [details]
page(s): 36; pl III fig 19 [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. Hircinia foetida (Schmidt, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475135 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sarcotragus foetidus Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 36; pl III fig 19 [details]
basis of record Topsent, E.; Olivier, L. (1943). Eponges observées dans les parages de Monaco (fin). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 854: 1-12.
page(s): 10; note: Topsent wrote in the text that this species belongs to sub genus Sarcotragus [details]
page(s): 36; pl III fig 19 [details]
basis of record Topsent, E.; Olivier, L. (1943). Eponges observées dans les parages de Monaco (fin). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 854: 1-12.
page(s): 10; note: Topsent wrote in the text that this species belongs to sub genus Sarcotragus [details]
Other
additional source
Schulze, F.E. (1880). Untersuchungen über den Bau und die Entwicklung der Spongien. Achte Mittheilung. Die Gattung <i>Hircinia</i> Nardo und <i>Oligoceras</i> n.g. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> V.
page(s): 29-31; pl II fig 3 [details]
additional source Ferrer Hernández, F. (1914). Esponjas del Cantábrico. <em>Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Zoológica).</em> 14: 1-36., available online at http://simurg.urici.csic.es/view/990002628610204201_V1/esponjas-del-cantabrico-vol-1
page(s): 31 [details]
page(s): 29-31; pl II fig 3 [details]
additional source Ferrer Hernández, F. (1914). Esponjas del Cantábrico. <em>Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Zoológica).</em> 14: 1-36., available online at http://simurg.urici.csic.es/view/990002628610204201_V1/esponjas-del-cantabrico-vol-1
page(s): 31 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
