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Porifera name detailsSpongia floribunda Pallas, 1766
267171 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267171)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine,
recent only
Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 378-379 [details] 
Note Indian Ocean, no further data.
From editor or global species database
Type locality Indian Ocean, no further data. [details]
Description Pallas' description translated from Latin:
Amorphous sponge, confluent branched woolly bundles, thickened at the apex.
Description Pallas' description translated from Latin: Amorphous sponge, confluent branched woolly bundles, thickened at the apex. Description: It has the height of a palm and beyond, sub-fruticiform, composed of irregular fascicles, confluent in branches, made of compact woolly tissue, on the surface as hairy, and with a thick obtuse extremity; hence they appear here and there are like cauliflower. Color gray, scattered with pale red in fresh specimens; brownish-grey in rotten specimens. When burnt it betrays its vegetable nature. Location: Indian Ocean [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. Spongia floribunda Pallas, 1766. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=267171 on 2025-05-09
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Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 378-379 [details] additional source Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 page(s): 1294; note: Erroneously as a synonym of Alcyonium exos = Alcyonium palmatum. [details] additional source Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 page(s): 3824; note: Assignment as a synonym of Alcyonium exos (by Linnaeus 1767) was not repeated here. [details] From editor or global species database
Classification Incertae sedis. Most likely an alga. Apart from Pallas' description there are no further specimens known of this enigmatic taxon. He gave no pre-Linnaean references for the specimen. Linnaeus (1767: 1294) listed the present species name as a synonym of his Alcyonium exos, but this a likely error because that species (a junior synonym of Alcyonium palmatum Pallas, 1766) is described from the Mediterranean and is also unlike S. floribunda in shape and further characteristics. Later on, Gmelin in Linnaeus (1791) listed Spongia floribunda as a 'good' species with Pallas' definition, descriptive notes and Indian Ocean locality repeated. [details]Description Pallas' description translated from Latin: Amorphous sponge, confluent branched woolly bundles, thickened at the apex. Description: It has the height of a palm and beyond, sub-fruticiform, composed of irregular fascicles, confluent in branches, made of compact woolly tissue, on the surface as hairy, and with a thick obtuse extremity; hence they appear here and there are like cauliflower. Color gray, scattered with pale red in fresh specimens; brownish-grey in rotten specimens. When burnt it betrays its vegetable nature. Location: Indian Ocean [details] Type locality Indian Ocean, no further data. [details] |