World Porifera Database - Species - Silicifibris Lendenfeld, 1886

WoRMS name details

Silicifibris Lendenfeld, 1886

AphiaID

408301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:408301)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Hippospongia Schulze, 1879

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Euspongia galea Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Hippospongia galea (Lendenfeld, 1886) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Spongiidae Gray, 1867

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Species Silicifibris galea (Lendenfeld, 1886) accepted as Hippospongia galea (Lendenfeld, 1886) (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Lendenfeld, R. von. (1886 [1885]). A Monograph of the Australian Sponges. Part VI. The Genus Euspongia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 10 (3): 481-553, pls 36-38. [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. Silicifibris Lendenfeld, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408301 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-07-03 13:06:28Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description Lendenfeld, R. von. (1886 [1885]). A Monograph of the Australian Sponges. Part VI. The Genus Euspongia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 10 (3): 481-553, pls 36-38. [details]

From editor or global species database

Type specimen Type designation was made by de Laubenfels (1957: 249), who assumed the type, Euspongia galea was a Phyllospongia. However, Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994: 383) maintain this is a Hippospongia. [details]