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WoRMS taxon detailsSpheciospongia vesparium (Lamarck, 1815)
170566 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170566)
accepted
Species
Alcyonium vesparium Lamarck, 1815 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Cliona cribrosa (Schmidt, 1870) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Heterocliona cribraria Verrill, 1907 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Hymeniacidon pulvinatus Bowerbank, 1872 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Papillina cribrosa Schmidt, 1870 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Poterion atlantica George & Wilson, 1919 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Prianos tierneyi de Laubenfels, 1953 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Pseudosuberites melanos de Laubenfels, 1934 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Spheciospongia othello de Laubenfels, 1950 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Spheciospongia vesparia · unaccepted (misspelling of species name)
Spheciospongia vesparium typica Vicente, Rützler & Carballeira, 1991 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Spirastrella andrewsi George & Wilson, 1919 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Spirastrella pulvinata (Bowerbank, 1872) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Spongia dysoni Carter, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Thalysias vesparia (Lamarck, 1814) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine,
recent only
(of Alcyonium vesparium 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. [details]
Holotype (of Alcyonium vesparium Lamarck, 1815) MNHN...
Holotype (of Alcyonium vesparium Lamarck, 1815) MNHN LBIM DT 3419, geounit Greater Antilles [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. Spheciospongia vesparium (Lamarck, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170566 on 2025-05-06
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Spheciospongia vesparium typica Vicente, Rützler & Carballeira, 1991) Vicente, V. P.; Rützler, K.; Carballiera, N. M. (1991). Comparative morphology, ecology, and fatty acid composition of West Indian Spheciospongia (Demospongea). <em>P.S.Z.N.I.: Marine Ecology.</em> 12(3): 211-226. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1991.tb00254.x [details] Available for editors  [request]original description (of Alcyonium vesparium 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. [details] original description (of Hymeniacidon pulvinatus Bowerbank, 1872) Bowerbank, J.S. (1872). Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadae. Part I. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1872: 115-129, pls V-VI. [details] original description (of Papillina cribrosa Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. page(s): 48 [details] original description (of Poterion atlantica George & Wilson, 1919) George, W.C.; Wilson, H.V. (1919). Sponges of Beaufort (N.C.) Harbor and Vicinity. <i>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Washington</i>. 36: 129-179, pls. LVI-LXVI. page(s): 139-140 [details] original description (of Prianos tierneyi de Laubenfels, 1953) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1953). Sponges from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 2(3): 511-557. page(s): 534-536; fig 10 [details] original description (of Pseudosuberites melanos de Laubenfels, 1934) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1934). New sponges from the Puerto Rican deep. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 91(17): 1-28. page(s): 9 [details] original description (of Spheciospongia othello de Laubenfels, 1950) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1950). The Porifera of the Bermuda archipelago. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 27(1): 1-154. page(s): 94-96; fig 42 [details] original description (of Spirastrella andrewsi George & Wilson, 1919) George, W.C.; Wilson, H.V. (1919). Sponges of Beaufort (N.C.) Harbor and Vicinity. <i>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Washington</i>. 36: 129-179, pls. LVI-LXVI. page(s): 135-137 [details] original description (of Spongia dysoni Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up page(s): 350 [details] original description (of Heterocliona cribraria Verrill, 1907) Verrill, A. E. (1907). The Bermuda Islands: Part V. An account of the Coral Reefs (Characteristic Life of the Bermuda Coral Reefs). <em>Porifera: Sponges. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 12: 330-344, pls 35 C-D. page(s): 342-343 [details] basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]Othercontext source (Bermuda)
Rützler, K. (1974). The burrowing sponges of Bermuda. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 165: 32 pp [details]
additional source Lehnert, H. (1993). Die Schwämme von Cozumel (Mexiko). Bestandsaufnahme, kritischer Vergleich taxonomischer Merkmale, und Beschreibung einer neuen Art (The sponges from Cozumel (Mexico). Inventory, critical comparison of taxonomic characters and description of a new species. <em>Acta Biolologica Benrodis.</em> 5: 35-127 (in German, with abstracts in German and English). page(s): 60 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp. page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1 page(s): 32 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Wiedenmayer, F. (1978). Modern sponge bioherms of the Great Bahama Bank.. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 71 (3): 699-744. page(s): 167-168 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Vacelet, J. (1990). Les spongiaires. <i>in</i> Le Monde Marin. (ed. Claude Bouchon) pp 16-33. <em>La Grande Encyclopédie de la Caraïbe.</em> Editions Caraïbes, Pointe à Pitre. page(s): 23 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859 page(s): 12 [details] additional source Varsha, M.S.; ; Ranjith, L.; Varghese, M.; Joshi, K.K.; Sethulakshmi, M.; Prasad, A.R.; Antony, T.P.; Parvathy. M.S.; Jesuraj, N.; Muthukrishnan, P.; Ravindren, I.; Paulpondi, A.; Kanthan, K.P.; Karuppuswami, M.; Biswas, M.; Gopalakrishnan, A. (2020). Biodiversity of sponges (Phylum: Porifera) off Tuticorin, India. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 62(2): 40-57., available online at https://doi.org/10.6024/jmbai.2020.62.2.2250-05 page(s): 46 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103. page(s): 80 [details] additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216. page(s): 93 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 471 [details] Available for editors [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Alcyonium vesparium Lamarck, 1815) MNHN LBIM DT 3419, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
Unknown type (of Alcyonium vesparium Lamarck, 1815) MNHN DT 2162, geounit Floridian [details]
From editor or global species database
Spelling Often misspelled as S. vesparia, but vesparium is a noun, so it will not take its gender from the genus name. [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Alcyonium vesparium Lamarck, 1815) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Spheciospongia vesparia) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Spirastrella andrewsi George & Wilson, 1919) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Spirastrella pulvinata (Bowerbank, 1872)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Poterion atlantica George & Wilson, 1919) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pseudosuberites melanos de Laubenfels, 1934) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Papillina cribrosa Schmidt, 1870) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Spongia dysoni Carter, 1882) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Hymeniacidon pulvinatus Bowerbank, 1872) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spheciospongia vesparium) To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 2 proteins) To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Alcyonium vesparium Lamarck, 1815) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To NMNH Extant Collection (Spheciospongia vesparium) To The Sponge Guide To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Pseudosuberites melanos de Laubenfels, 1934) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Spirastrella andrewsi George & Wilson, 1919) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (119 records) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (5 records) (from synonym Spheciospongia othello de Laubenfels, 1950) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 22360) (from synonym Pseudosuberites melanos de Laubenfels, 1934) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 23408) (from synonym Prianos tierneyi de Laubenfels, 1953) To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 007878.PR) To ITIS |
