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Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759

Spongia (Euspongia) officinalis var. adriatica (Schmidt, 1862)

AphiaID

165158 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165158)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subgenus

Type taxon

Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 represented as Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Spongia Linnaeus, 1759

Original name

Spongia Linnaeus, 1759

Synonymised names

Euspongia Bronn, 1859 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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Species Spongia (Spongia) adjimensis (Topsent, 1925)
Species Spongia (Spongia) agaricina Pallas, 1766
Species Spongia (Spongia) arabica Keller, 1889
Species Spongia (Spongia) barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Species Spongia (Spongia) brunnea Lévi, 1969
Species Spongia (Spongia) ceylonensis (Dendy, 1905)
Species Spongia (Spongia) cookii Hyatt, 1877
Species Spongia (Spongia) excavata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Species Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814
Species Spongia (Spongia) hospes (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Species Spongia (Spongia) lamella (Schulze, 1879)
Species Spongia (Spongia) lesleighae Helmy, El Serehy, Mohamed & van Soest, 2004
Species Spongia (Spongia) lignea Hyatt, 1877
Species Spongia (Spongia) mollicula Hyatt, 1877
Species Spongia (Spongia) nitens (Schmidt, 1862)
Species Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
Species Spongia (Spongia) violacea Lévi, 1969
Species Spongia (Spongia) virgultosa (Schmidt, 1868)
Species Spongia (Spongia) zimocca Schmidt, 1862
Species Spongia (Spongia) irregularis (Lendenfeld, 1889) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814 (junior synonym)
Species Spongia (Spongia) pikei (Hyatt, 1877) accepted as Fasciospongia pikei (Hyatt, 1877) (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267 [details]

(of Spongia Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267
page(s): 1348 [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 (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165158 on 2025-05-01

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165158 on 2025-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

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db_admin

2010-05-17 18:25:03Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2018-05-21 14:26:42Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2022-04-14 12:58:41Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267 [details]

original description (of Spongia Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267
page(s): 1348 [details]

original description (of Euspongia Bronn, 1859) Bronn, H.G. (1859). Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs, wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Erster Band. Amorphozoen. C.F. Winter:Leipzig and Heidelberg. i-xvi, 1-142. [details]

basis of record Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002). Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1051-1060. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors

basis of record Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002 [2004]]). Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1051-1060. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors