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Porifera name detailsEuspongia hospes Lendenfeld, 1889
191191 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191191)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine,
recent only
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): 257-258 [details]
Note Von Lendenfeld's (1889) description cited...
Type material Von Lendenfeld's (1889) description cited specimens, presumably to be considered syntypes, from Bermuda (Philadelphia Academy Collection), Bahamas (Nassau, Boston Society Collection), Cuba (Havannah, Museum of Comparative Zoology), and Fremantle (W coast of Australia, Bowerbank collection). Online databases of the Museum of Comparative and The Natural History Museum, London do not list specimens of this species, either as Euspongia hospes or Spongia hospes. No other material has so far been located. Strangely enough, Weltner (1890: 250) cited localities East Africa and California, which are not mentioned in Von Lendenfeld's 1889 description. De Laubenfels (1932: 3) repeated Weltner's erroneously localities. The species is taxon inquirendum because the only factual information is that it grows on / within the shells of bivalve molluscs, has uncored spongin fibers and a 'villous' surface. This is clearly insufficient for recognition as a separate species. [details]
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. Euspongia hospes Lendenfeld, 1889. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=191191 on 2026-09-22
Date action by
original description
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): 257-258 [details] additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1932). The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 81 (2927):1-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.81-2927.1 page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors  [request] Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type material Von Lendenfeld's (1889) description cited specimens, presumably to be considered syntypes, from Bermuda (Philadelphia Academy Collection), Bahamas (Nassau, Boston Society Collection), Cuba (Havannah, Museum of Comparative Zoology), and Fremantle (W coast of Australia, Bowerbank collection). Online databases of the Museum of Comparative and The Natural History Museum, London do not list specimens of this species, either as Euspongia hospes or Spongia hospes. No other material has so far been located. Strangely enough, Weltner (1890: 250) cited localities East Africa and California, which are not mentioned in Von Lendenfeld's 1889 description. De Laubenfels (1932: 3) repeated Weltner's erroneously localities.The species is taxon inquirendum because the only factual information is that it grows on / within the shells of bivalve molluscs, has uncored spongin fibers and a 'villous' surface. This is clearly insufficient for recognition as a separate species. [details] |