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Porifera name details

Spongia usitatissima Lamarck, 1814

193822  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193822)

alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 383-384 [details] OpenAccess publication
Note American Seas, but see Topsent (1932: 115).  
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Type locality American Seas, but see Topsent (1932: 115). [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. Spongia usitatissima Lamarck, 1814. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=193822 on 2025-11-12
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2005-12-18 15:00:44Z
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original description Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 383-384 [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference Topsent, E. (1931 [1930]). Éponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. <em>Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Paris.</em> (6) 5:1-56, pls I-IV.
page(s): 47 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
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Specimen The Leiden Museum incorporates a small collection of Lamarck specimens ('duplicates'), which were donated by the Paris Museum in 1815 as part compensation for lost Dutch natural history objects sequestered during the French occupation of Holland (1795-1813). Among these there are specimens labeled Spongia pannea 'Mers d'Amérique', which are considered part of the type series, and in the absence of any material in the Paris Museum, this contains the lectotype. The locality from which the specimen was collected remains uncertain as Topsent (1932: 115) reports that specimens he identified in plates III-V of Guettard (1783) identified by him as Euspongia offcinalis var usitatissima (Lamarck, 1814) are from the Mediterranean. [details]

Type locality American Seas, but see Topsent (1932: 115). [details]


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