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Spongia (Spongia) illawarra
(Whitelegge, 1901)
AphiaID
165195
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165195)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Keratosa
(Subclass)
Dictyoceratida
(Order)
Spongiidae
(Family)
Spongia
(Genus)
Spongia (Spongia)
(Subgenus)
Spongia (Spongia) illawarra
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Spongia (Spongia)
Linnaeus, 1759
Original name
Euspongia illawarra
Whitelegge, 1901
Synonymised names
Euspongia illawarra
Whitelegge, 1901
·
unaccepted
(genus transfer)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Original description
(of
Euspongia illawarra
Whitelegge, 1901
)
Whitelegge, T. (1901). Report on sponges from the coastal beaches of New South Wales. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 4 (2): 55-118, pls X-XV.
(look up in
IMIS
),
available online at
https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.4.1901.1085
page(s): 97-98
[details]
Type data
Type locality contained in
Manning-Hawkesbury
type locality contained in
Manning-Hawkesbury
[from synonym]
[view taxon]
[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.
Spongia (Spongia) illawarra
(Whitelegge, 1901). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=165195 on 2026-09-14
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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2010-05-02 15:00:59Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)
Attributes (5)
Links (1)
original description
(of
Euspongia illawarra
Whitelegge, 1901
)
Whitelegge, T. (1901). Report on sponges from the coastal beaches of New South Wales. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 4 (2): 55-118, pls X-XV.
(look up in
IMIS
),
available online at
https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.4.1901.1085
page(s): 97-98
[details]
basis of record
Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO.
,
available online at
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist
page(s): 393
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
(from synonym
Euspongia illawarra
Whitelegge, 1901
)
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