World Porifera Database - Species - Carteriospongia otahitica (Esper, 1797)

WoRMS name details

Carteriospongia otahitica (Esper, 1797)

AphiaID

190303 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190303)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Phyllospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766)

Rank

Species

Parent

Carteriospongia Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Phyllospongia Ehlers, 1870

Original name

Spongia otahitica Esper, 1797

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Variety Carteriospongia otahitica var. aplanata Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Phyllospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Spongia otahitica Esper, 1797) Esper, E.J.C. (1797). Fortsetzungen der Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungennach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. Erster Theil.(Nürnberg): 1-230, pls XXXII-LXI., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118730
page(s): 209 [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. Carteriospongia otahitica (Esper, 1797). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=190303 on 2025-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-07-14 19:01:10Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2010-04-05 14:14:43Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2020-12-05 15:51:12Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Spongia otahitica Esper, 1797) Esper, E.J.C. (1797). Fortsetzungen der Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungennach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. Erster Theil.(Nürnberg): 1-230, pls XXXII-LXI., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118730
page(s): 209 [details]

Other

additional source 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.
page(s): 541 [details]

additional source Poléjaeff, N. (1884). Report on the Keratosa collected by H.M.S.‘Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 11 (part 31), 1–88, pl. 1-10., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-31/README.htm
page(s): 69 [details]

additional source Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London). 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 385-386; 595 [details]

additional source Thomas, P.A. (1973). Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale. Sciences zoologiques. (203): 1-96, pls 1-8. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)