World Porifera Database - Species - Cydonium sphaeroides Kieschnick, 1896

Porifera name details

Cydonium sphaeroides Kieschnick, 1896

AphiaID

190769 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190769)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Geodia sphaeroides (Kieschnick, 1896)

Rank

Species

Parent

Cydonium Fleming, 1828 accepted as Geodia Lamarck, 1815

Original name

Cydonium sphaeroides Kieschnick, 1896

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Kieschnick, O. (1896). Silicispongiae von Ternate nach den Sammlungen von Herrn Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 19 (520): 526-534.
page(s): 529 [details]

Type data

Holotype SMF 783, geounit Halmahera

Holotype SMF 783, geounit Halmahera [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. Cydonium sphaeroides Kieschnick, 1896. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=190769 on 2026-07-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-03-22 10:24:40Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Kieschnick, O. (1896). Silicispongiae von Ternate nach den Sammlungen von Herrn Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 19 (520): 526-534.
page(s): 529 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype SMF 783, geounit Halmahera [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)