Spongia (Spongia) bibulus
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
creator: Boury-Esnault, Nicole
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Spongia (Spongia) bibulus Rao, 1941
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: 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. Spongia (Spongia) bibulus Rao, 1941. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165167 on 2026-08-29
created: 2005-07-10T20:05:41Z
modified: 2016-12-14T22:21:39Z
replaces: 195729
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Spongia (Spongia) bibulus Rao, 1941
class: Demospongiae
family: Spongiidae
genus: Spongia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Rao, H.S. 1941. Indian and Ceylon sponges of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm collected by K. Fristedt. Records of the Indian Museum 43: 417-469.
name published in year: 1941
order: Dictyoceratida
parent name usage ID: 165158
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: Rao, 1941
specific epithet: bibulus
subgenus: Spongia
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted