Porifera name details
Spongelia elegans Nardo, 1847
193567 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193567)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
Spongelia Nardo, 1847 accepted as Dysidea Johnston, 1842
- Forma Spongelia elegans f. pontica Czerniavsky, 1880 accepted as Dysidea elegans f. pontica (Czerniavsky, 1880) (genus transfer and taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Nardo, G.D. (1847). Prospetto della fauna marina volgare del Veneto estuario con cenni sulle principali specie commestibili dell'Adriatico, sulle venete pesche, sulle valli, ecc. Pp. 113-156 (1-45 in reprint). <em>In: Venezia e le sue Lagune. Volume Secundo. G. Antonelli: Venezia.</em> [According to Carlo Froglia, the Prospetto and the Sinonimia were published simultaneously; the Sinonimia is here considered to have priority.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53300268 [details] 
Type locality contained in Adriatic Sea
type locality contained in Adriatic Sea [details]
Taxonomy According to Schmidt (1862) this species dates from 1834, but most authors consider that a nomen nudum.
Taxonomy According to Schmidt (1862) this species dates from 1834, but most authors consider that a nomen nudum. [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. Spongelia elegans Nardo, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=193567 on 2025-05-04
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Nardo, G.D. (1847). Prospetto della fauna marina volgare del Veneto estuario con cenni sulle principali specie commestibili dell'Adriatico, sulle venete pesche, sulle valli, ecc. Pp. 113-156 (1-45 in reprint). <em>In: Venezia e le sue Lagune. Volume Secundo. G. Antonelli: Venezia.</em> [According to Carlo Froglia, the Prospetto and the Sinonimia were published simultaneously; the Sinonimia is here considered to have priority.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53300268 [details] 
additional source Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 28-29; pl III fig 5 [details]
additional source Schulze, F.E. (1879). Untersuchungen über den Bau und dia Entwicklung der Spongien. Sechste Mittheilung. Die Gattung <i>Spongelia</i>. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32: 117-157.
page(s): 151-152; pl V fig 5 [details]
additional source Vidal, A. (1967). Etude des fonds rocheux circalittoraux le long de la côte du Rousillon. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 18, 167-219.
page(s): 188 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Dendy, A. (1916). Report on the non-Calcareous Sponges collected by Mr. James Hornell at Okhamandal in Kattiawar in 1905-6. <em>Report to the Government of Baroda on the Marine Zoology of Okhamandal in Kattiawar.</em> 2: 93-146, pls I-IV.
page(s): 140; note: Misapplication [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): 655-656 [details]
additional source Nardo, G. D. (1834). De Spongiis. <em>Isis (Oken).</em> 714-716. [details]
additional source Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 28-29; pl III fig 5 [details]
additional source Schulze, F.E. (1879). Untersuchungen über den Bau und dia Entwicklung der Spongien. Sechste Mittheilung. Die Gattung <i>Spongelia</i>. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32: 117-157.
page(s): 151-152; pl V fig 5 [details]
additional source Vidal, A. (1967). Etude des fonds rocheux circalittoraux le long de la côte du Rousillon. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 18, 167-219.
page(s): 188 [details] Available for editors

additional source Dendy, A. (1916). Report on the non-Calcareous Sponges collected by Mr. James Hornell at Okhamandal in Kattiawar in 1905-6. <em>Report to the Government of Baroda on the Marine Zoology of Okhamandal in Kattiawar.</em> 2: 93-146, pls I-IV.
page(s): 140; note: Misapplication [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): 655-656 [details]
additional source Nardo, G. D. (1834). De Spongiis. <em>Isis (Oken).</em> 714-716. [details]




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Taxonomy According to Schmidt (1862) this species dates from 1834, but most authors consider that a nomen nudum. [details]