World Porifera Database - Species - Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) gigantea Lendenfeld, 1888

WoRMS name details

Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) gigantea Lendenfeld, 1888

AphiaID

345177 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345177)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Accepted name

Ircinia irregularis (Poléjaeff, 1884)

Rank

Species

Parent

Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) Bowerbank, 1877 accepted as Polyfibrospongia Bowerbank, 1877

Original name

Hircinia gigantea Lendenfeld, 1888

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Hircinia gigantea Lendenfeld, 1888) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12.
page(s): 184 [details]

Taxonomic 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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) gigantea Lendenfeld, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345177 on 2025-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-05-06 08:34:11Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2016-09-07 19:15:13Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2017-10-30 15:27:17Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Licensing

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description (of Hircinia gigantea Lendenfeld, 1888) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12.
page(s): 184 [details]

basis of record Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 588-590 [details]