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Hippospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

165107  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165107)

accepted
Species
Hippospongia dentata (Hyatt, 1877) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia (Spongia) intermedia Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia agaricina corlosia var. gossypiniformis Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia dentata Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia equina gossypina var. alba Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (unavailable name)
Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia gossypina alba Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (unavailable original name)
Spongia gossypina dendritica Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (unavailable original name)
Spongia gossypina porosa Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (unavailable original name)
Spongia intermedia Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia lapidescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia lapidescens dentata Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia lapidescens var. intermedia Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia lapidescens var. typica Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 32-33; pl III fig 3 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Lectotype  (of Spongia gossypina Duchassaing &...  
Lectotype (of Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 108, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
Lectotype (of Spongia lapidescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 96, geounit Greater Antilles [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Hippospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=165107 on 2024-04-19
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original description  (of Spongia lapidescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 34-35 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongia dentata Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongia intermedia Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongia gossypina dendritica Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 518 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongia gossypina porosa Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongia lapidescens dentata Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 528 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongia lapidescens var. intermedia Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 527 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongia lapidescens var. typica Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 527 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongia agaricina corlosia var. gossypiniformis Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 524 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongia (Spongia) intermedia Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 32-33; pl III fig 3 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongia equina gossypina var. dendritica Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 518 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongia equina gossypina var. porosa Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 518-519 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongia equina gossypina var. alba Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 519 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

context source (Bermuda) Ritter, J. (2000). The sponges of Bermuda. BBSR - Unpub. report. [details]   

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94.
page(s): 21-22 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record  (of Hippospongia equina var. meandriniformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) 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): 306-307; note: mispelling of variety name [details]   

basis of record  (of Spongia agaricina corlosia var. gossypiniformis Hyatt, 1877) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 22 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record  (of Spongia equina gossypina var. alba Hyatt, 1877) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 25 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record  (of Spongia equina gossypina var. porosa Hyatt, 1877) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 25 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record  (of Spongia equina gossypina var. dendritica Hyatt, 1877) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 25 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. (1983). Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). <em>Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 9 (21): 189-205.
page(s): 191 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Hippiospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 3: 1-217.
page(s): 29 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Hippiospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1953). Sponges from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 2(3): 511-557.
page(s): 513 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Hippiospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) Laubenfels, M.W. de; Storr, J. F. (1958). The taxonomy of American commercial sponges. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 8(2): 99-117.
page(s): 115 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Hippiospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) Little, F.J. Jr. (1963). The sponge fauna of the St. George's Sound, Apalache Bay, and Panama City Regions of the Florida Gulf Coast. <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology 11(2).</em> 31-71.
page(s): 34 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Spongia lapidescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 527 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Spongia lapidescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. (1983). Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). <em>Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 9 (21): 189-205.
page(s): 191-192 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Spongia lapidescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

source of synonymy  (of Hippospongia equina var. meandriniformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 22 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

source of synonymy  (of Spongia equina gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 517-518 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

new combination reference  (of Hippiospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 12-13 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

new combination reference  (of Hippospongia canaliculata var. gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) 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): 324-325 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Lectotype (of Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 108, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
Lectotype (of Spongia lapidescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 96, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
Paralectotype (of Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) ZMA Por. 02087, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
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English velvet sponge [from synonym]  [details]


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