WoRMS name details
Euspongia irregularis var. mollior (sensu Ridley, 1884)
493736 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:493736)
unaccepted (genus transfer and misidentification)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cacospongia mollior Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 27 [details]
page(s): 27 [details]
Taxonomy Ridley's (1884) North Australian record of Schmidt's (1862) Adriatic species Cacospongia mollior is obviously a mistake....
Taxonomy Ridley's (1884) North Australian record of Schmidt's (1862) Adriatic species Cacospongia mollior is obviously a mistake. Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994) suggested this to be a specimen of Spongia (Spongia) hispida. Lendenfeld (1889) also extended Schmidt's species to North Australia and the East Indies, as Euspongia irregularis var. mollior, which is likewise assignable to S. hispida. We asume without further study that Baar's (1904) record from Hawaii also concerns this species. Needless to say that these records all need further verification. [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. Euspongia irregularis var. mollior (sensu Ridley, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493736 on 2025-06-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cacospongia mollior Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 27 [details]
new combination reference 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 [details]
page(s): 27 [details]
new combination reference 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 [details]
Other
additional source
Topsent, E. (1897). Spongiaires de la Baie d'Amboine. (Voyage de MM. M. Bedot et C. Pictet dans l'Archipel Malais). <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 4: 421-487, pls 18-21.
page(s): 484 [details]
additional source Baar, R. (1904). Hornschwämme aus dem Pacific. Ergebnisse einer Reise nach dem Pacific, Schauinsland 1896 97. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere.</em> 19: 27-36.
page(s): 29 [details]
page(s): 484 [details]
additional source Baar, R. (1904). Hornschwämme aus dem Pacific. Ergebnisse einer Reise nach dem Pacific, Schauinsland 1896 97. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere.</em> 19: 27-36.
page(s): 29 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Ridley's (1884) North Australian record of Schmidt's (1862) Adriatic species Cacospongia mollior is obviously a mistake. Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994) suggested this to be a specimen of Spongia (Spongia) hispida. Lendenfeld (1889) also extended Schmidt's species to North Australia and the East Indies, as Euspongia irregularis var. mollior, which is likewise assignable to S. hispida. We asume without further study that Baar's (1904) record from Hawaii also concerns this species. Needless to say that these records all need further verification. [details]
