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Porifera taxon details

Spongilla alba Carter, 1849

167226  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167226)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Spongillida (Order)
  7. Spongillidae (Family)
  8. Spongilla (Genus)
  9. Spongilla alba (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1849). A descriptive Account of the Freshwater Sponges (genus <i>Spongilla</i>) in the Island of Bombay, with Observations on their Structure and Development. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2 )4 (20): 81-100, pls III-V. [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Note India  
Type locality India [details]
Van Soest, R.W.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schönberg, C.; Klautau, M.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P.; Carballo, J.L.; Ríos, P.; Downey, R.; Morrow, C.C. (2021). World Porifera Database. Spongilla alba Carter, 1849. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167226 on 2021-05-06
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original description Carter, H.J. (1849). A descriptive Account of the Freshwater Sponges (genus <i>Spongilla</i>) in the Island of Bombay, with Observations on their Structure and Development. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2 )4 (20): 81-100, pls III-V. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongilla microsclerifera Annandale, 1909) Annandale, N. (1909). Freshwater sponges collected in the Philippines by the Albatross Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 37: 131-132. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongilla nana Annandale, 1915) Annandale, N. (1915). Fauna of the Chilka Lake: Sponges. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> 5 (1): 21-54, Plates III,IV, V. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongilla travancorica Annandale, 1909) Annandale, N. (1909). Notes on Freshwater Sponges. X. Report on a small collection from Travancore. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 3XII : 101-104. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongilla alba bengalensis Annandale, 1906) Annandale, N. (1911). Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids and Polyzoa. Porifera. Pp. 27-126, 241-245, pls I-II. <i>In</i>: Shipley, A.E. (Ed.), Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. (Taylor and Francis: London): i-viii, 1-251.  [details]   

original description  (of Spongilla alba marina Annandale, 1907) Annandale, N. (1907). Notes on freshwater sponges VI-VII. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 1: 387-392. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongilla alba rhadinea Annandale, 1919) Annandale, N. (1919 (1921)). Sponges, Hydrozoa and Polyzoa of Seistan. In: Report on the aquatic fauna of Seistan with subsidary studies. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 18 (2): 83-97, pl. 12. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongilla lacustris var. bengalensis Annandale, 1906) Annandale, N. (1906). Notes on the freshwater fauna of India. 1. A variety of <i>Spongilla lacustris</i> from brackish water of Bengal. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 2: 55-58. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Crelloxea spinosa Hechtel, 1983) Hechtel, G.J. (1983). New species of marine Demospongiae from Brazil. <em>Iheringia (Zoologia).</em> 63: 58-89.
page(s): 70-71; fig 11 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Debrot, A.O.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). First records of the freshwater sponges <i>Corvoheteromeyenia heterosclera</i> and <i>Spongilla alba</i> from Curaçao, with species descriptions and data from transplantation experiments. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 37 (1-2): 88-94.
page(s): 91 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record  (of Crella (Grayella) spinosa (Hechtel, 1983)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Crellidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 556-566. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]  Full text PDF 

basis of record  (of Crella (Grayella) spinosa (Hechtel, 1983)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Crellidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 556-566. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record  (of Crelloxea spinosa Hechtel, 1983) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Crellidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 556-566. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]  Full text PDF 

basis of record  (of Crelloxea spinosa Hechtel, 1983) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Crellidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 556-566. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription  (of Crelloxea spinosa Hechtel, 1983) Pinheiro, U.S.; Nicacio, G.; Muricy, G. (2015). An example of the importance of labels and fieldbooks in scientific collections: A freshwater sponge misunderstood for a marine new genus and species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3974 (3): 447-450., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Porifera.html
page(s): 447 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
 

From other sources
Type locality India [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Crelloxea spinosa Hechtel, 1983)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Spongilla alba bengalensis Annandale, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Spongilla nana Annandale, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Spongilla travancorica Annandale, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Spongilla nana Annandale, 1915)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Spongilla travancorica Annandale, 1909)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (5 records) (from synonym Spongilla microsclerifera Annandale, 1909)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (7 records) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 34475) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 34477) (from synonym Spongilla travancorica Annandale, 1909)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 8267) (from synonym Spongilla microsclerifera Annandale, 1909)
To ITIS
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