Spongia prolifera
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
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publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Spongia prolifera Ellis & Solander, 1786
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 prolifera Ellis & Solander, 1786. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=193638 on 2026-08-01
created: 2005-12-18T16:00:44Z
is replaced by: 167563
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Spongia prolifera Ellis & Solander, 1786
accepted name usage ID: 167563
class: Demospongiae
family: Spongiidae
genus: Spongia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63.
name published in year: 1786
order: Dictyoceratida
parent name usage ID: 131759
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: Ellis & Solander, 1786
specific epithet: prolifera
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: unaccepted