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Spongia (Spongia) matamata
de Laubenfels, 1954
AphiaID
165210
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165210)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Keratosa
(Subclass)
Dictyoceratida
(Order)
Spongiidae
(Family)
Spongia
(Genus)
Spongia (Spongia)
(Subgenus)
Spongia (Spongia) matamata
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Spongia (Spongia)
Linnaeus, 1759
Original name
Spongia officinalis matamata
de Laubenfels, 1954
Synonymised names
Spongia matamata
de Laubenfels, 1954
·
alternative representation
(subgenus assignment)
Spongia officinalis matamata
de Laubenfels, 1954
·
unaccepted
(status change)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Spongia officinalis matamata
de Laubenfels, 1954
)
Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1954). The Sponges of the West-Central Pacific. <em>Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology.</em> 7: i-x, 1-306,pls I-XII.
page(s): 4-6
[details]
Type data
Holotype
(of
Spongia officinalis matamata de...
Holotype
(of
Spongia officinalis matamata de Laubenfels, 1954
) USNM 23200, geounit Marshall Islands
[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) matamata
de Laubenfels, 1954. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/www.aqua-aquapress.com/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=165210 on 2026-09-18
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
created
db_admin
2010-05-19 10:23:56Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2016-12-16 14:23:43Z
changed
Boury-Esnault, Nicole
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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (2)
Specimens (1)
Attributes (7)
Links (3)
original description
(of
Spongia officinalis matamata
de Laubenfels, 1954
)
Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1954). The Sponges of the West-Central Pacific. <em>Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology.</em> 7: i-x, 1-306,pls I-XII.
page(s): 4-6
[details]
additional source
(of
Spongia officinalis matamata
de Laubenfels, 1954
)
Bergquist, P.R. (1965). The Sponges of Micronesia, Part I. The Palau Archipelago. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 19 (2): 123-204.
[details]
Available for editors
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Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Holotype
(of
Spongia officinalis matamata de Laubenfels, 1954
) USNM 23200, geounit Marshall Islands
[details]
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Definitions
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spongia matamata)
(from synonym
Spongia matamata
de Laubenfels, 1954
)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
(from synonym
Spongia matamata
de Laubenfels, 1954
)
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