World Porifera Database - Species - Pyxitis gibberosa (Lamarck, 1815)

Porifera name details

Pyxitis gibberosa (Lamarck, 1815)

AphiaID

560020 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:560020)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Geodia gibberosa Lamarck, 1815

Rank

Species

Parent

Pyxitis Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Geodia Lamarck, 1815

Original name

Geodia gibberosa Lamarck, 1815

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Geodia gibberosa Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340.
page(s): 334 [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. Pyxitis gibberosa (Lamarck, 1815). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=560020 on 2026-09-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-02-18 13:18:12Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (3)

original description (of Geodia gibberosa Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340.
page(s): 334 [details]

basis of record Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 70-71 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality