World Porifera Database - Species - Spongia cristata Ellis & Solander, 1786

Porifera name details

Spongia cristata Ellis & Solander, 1786

AphiaID

193607 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193607)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Accepted name

Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766)

Rank

Species

Parent

Spongia Linnaeus, 1759

Original name

Spongia cristata Ellis & Solander, 1786

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909
page(s): 186 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in North Sea

type locality contained in North Sea [details]

Descriptive notes

Homonymy This combination is a senior primary homonym of Spongia (Heterofibria) cristata Cook & Berguist, 2001.

Homonymy This combination is a senior primary homonym of Spongia (Heterofibria) cristata Cook & Berguist, 2001. [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 cristata Ellis & Solander, 1786. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=193607 on 2026-06-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-04-17 07:57:56Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2017-02-17 08:37:33Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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original description Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909
page(s): 186 [details]

additional source Montagu, G. (1814 [1818]). An Essay on Sponges, with Descriptions of all the Species that have been discovered on the Coast of Great Britain. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 2(1): 67-122, pls III-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45847761
page(s): 103 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Homonymy This combination is a senior primary homonym of Spongia (Heterofibria) cristata Cook & Berguist, 2001. [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)