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Porifera name details
original description
Schulze, F.E. (1879). Untersuchungen über den Bau und die Entwicklung der Spongien. Siebente Mittheilung. Die Familie der Spongidae. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32: 593-660, pls XXXIV-XXXVIII. page(s): 619; pl XXXV fig 5 [details]
additional source
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): 272 [details]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy This combination is a senior primary homonym of the Australian Euspongia irregularis Lendenfeld, 1889. The latter is now considered a junior synonym of Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814 (based on redescription of Lamarck's type material by Topsent, 1933). Thus, the homonymy has been removed. [details]
Status The status of the various varieties of Spongia (Spongia) officinalis remains to be further determined. Varieties are no longer considered taxa, which requires that the status is to be resolved a.s.a.p. [details]
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