Hippospongia elastica
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
creator: Boury-Esnault, Nicole
date: 2026-08-30
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: Hippospongia elastica Lendenfeld, 1889
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. Hippospongia elastica Lendenfeld, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=191597 on 2026-08-30
created: 2005-12-18T16:00:44Z
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replaces: 468411
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Hippospongia elastica Lendenfeld, 1889
class: Demospongiae
family: Spongiidae
genus: Hippospongia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50.
name published in: Lendenfeld, R. Von. (1889). Die Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Hornschwämme. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik,Geographie und Biologie der Thiere. 4(1): 1-93.
name published in year: 1889
order: Dictyoceratida
parent name usage ID: 131757
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: Lendenfeld, 1889
specific epithet: elastica
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted