World Porifera Database - Species - Spongia (Spongia) barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

(of Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 31 [details]

Type data

Lectotype (of Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti,...

Lectotype (of Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 97, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]

Lectotype (of Spongia meandriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 105, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]

Lectotype (of Spongia vermiculata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) ZMA Por. 02256, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]

Taxonomic citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Carballo, J.L.; 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.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2023). World Porifera Database. Spongia (Spongia) barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=165165 on 2023-12-07

Taxonomic edit history

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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

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original description (of Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 31 [details]

original description (of Spongia meandriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 33-34 [details]

original description (of Spongia vermiculata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 35 [details]

original description (of Spongia agaricina dura var. typica Hyatt, 1877) 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): 522 [details]

original description (of Spongia agaricina dura Hyatt, 1877) 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): 522 [details]

additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. Museu Nacional, Série Livros. 300 pp.
page(s): 61-62 [details] Available for editors

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redescription Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 56 (179): 1–94. [details]

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 [details]

basis of record (of Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 56 (179): 1–94. [details]

basis of record (of Spongia barbara f. dura Hyatt, 1877) Laubenfels, M.W. de; Storr, J. F. (1958). The taxonomy of American commercial sponges. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean. 8(2): 99-117.
page(s): 106; fig 17 [details]

basis of record (of Spongia equina meandriniformis var. barbara (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) 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): 519-520 [details]

basis of record (of Spongia officinalis var. dura (Hyatt, 1877)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation. 3: 1-217.
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors

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additional source (of Spongia vermiculata 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). Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 9 (21): 189-205.
page(s): 192 [details]

additional source (of Spongia barbara f. dura Hyatt, 1877) Stevely, J.M.; Sweat, D.E; Bert, T.M.; Sim-Smith, C.; Kelly, M. (2010). Commercial Bath Sponge (Spongia and Hippospongia) and Total Sponge Community Abundance and Biomass Estimates in the Florida Middle and Upper Keys, USA. in : Proceedings of the 62nd Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute November 10-14, 2008 Gosier, Guadeloupe, French West Indies. GCFI 62nd Annual Meeting. 62: 394-403.
page(s): 397 [details] Available for editors

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additional source (of Spongia zimocca barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation. 3: 1-217.
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors

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additional source (of Spongia zimocca barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1953). Sponges from the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean. 2(3): 511-557.
page(s): 512 [details]

additional source (of Spongia barbara 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). Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 9 (21): 189-205. [details]

additional source (of Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Rützler, K.; van Soest, R. W. M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. in: 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

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additional source (of Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A comparison of the shallow-water sponges near the Pacific end of the Panama Canal with those at the Caribbean end. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 83 (2993): 441-466.
page(s): 455-456 [details] Available for editors

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additional source (of Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Laubenfels, M.W. de; Storr, J. F. (1958). The taxonomy of American commercial sponges. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean. 8(2): 99-117.
page(s): 105-106; fig 13-14 & 20 [details]

additional source (of Spongia barbara 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. Tulane Studies in Zoology 11(2). 31-71.
page(s): 33 [details]

additional source (of Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Stevely, J.M.; Sweat, D.E; Bert, T.M.; Sim-Smith, C.; Kelly, M. (2010). Commercial Bath Sponge (Spongia and Hippospongia) and Total Sponge Community Abundance and Biomass Estimates in the Florida Middle and Upper Keys, USA. in : Proceedings of the 62nd Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute November 10-14, 2008 Gosier, Guadeloupe, French West Indies. GCFI 62nd Annual Meeting. 62: 394-403.
page(s): 398-400 [details] Available for editors

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additional source (of Spongia vermiculata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 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): 525 [details]

additional source (of Spongia meandriformis 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). Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 9 (21): 189-205.
page(s): 191 [details]

source of synonymy (of Spongia equina meandriniformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) 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): 519-520 [details]

redescription (of Spongia vermiculata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 56 (179): 1–94. [details]

new combination reference (of Spongia zimocca barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1950). The porifera of the Bermuda archipelago. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 27(1): 1-154.
page(s): 7-8 [details]

biology source (of Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Kaye, H.R.; Reiswig, H.M. (1991). Sexual reproduction in four Caribbean commercial sponges. I. Reproductive cycles and spermatogenesis. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development. 19 (1): 1-11.
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors

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biology source (of Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Kaye, H.R. (1991). Sexual reproduction in four Caribbean commercial sponges. II. Oogenesis and transfer of bacterial symbionts. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development. 19 (1): 13-24. [details] Available for editors

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biology source (of Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Kaye, H.R.; Reiswig, H.M. (1991). Sexual reproduction in four Caribbean commercial sponges. III. Larval behaviour, settlement and metamorphosis. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development. 19 (1): 25-35. [details] Available for editors

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Containing type locality

Lectotype (of Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 97, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]

Lectotype (of Spongia meandriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 105, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]

Lectotype (of Spongia vermiculata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) ZMA Por. 02256, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]

Paralectotype (of Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) ZMA Por. 02074, geounit Greater Antilles [details]

Paralectotype (of Spongia meandriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) ZMA Por. 02096, geounit Greater Antilles [details]

From editor or global species database

Reproduction Viviparous species. Spermatogenesis occurs between all year round [details]

Language	Name
English	yellow sponge [from synonym]hardhead sponge [from synonym]	[details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Spongia meandriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Spongia vermiculata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Genbank (from synonym Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Spongia meandriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (5 records) (from synonym Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 000047.PR) (from synonym Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

From editor or global species database

Spongia barbara lectotype specimen

Image from synonym

Spongia barbara paralectotype specimen

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Spongia meandriformis lectotype specimen

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Spongia meandriformis paralectotype specimen

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Spongia vermiculata lectotype specimen

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From other sources

To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 000047.PR)

Hosted externally, from synonym