Spongia (Spongia) officinalis
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
creator: Boury-Esnault, Nicole
date: 2026-08-24
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) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
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) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165220 on 2026-08-24
created: 2005-07-10T20:05:41Z
modified: 2016-03-20T14:13:14Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
class: Demospongiae
family: Spongiidae
genus: Spongia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
name published in: Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii).
name published in: Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
name published in: Schulze, F.E. (1879). Untersuchungen über den Bau und die Entwicklung der Spongien. Siebente Mittheilung. Die Familie der Spongidae. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 32: 593-660, pls XXXIV-XXXVIII.
name published in year: 1877
name published in year: 1759
name published in year: 1862
name published in year: 1879
order: Dictyoceratida
parent name usage ID: 165158
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: Linnaeus, 1759
specific epithet: officinalis
subgenus: Spongia
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted