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Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759

Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 neotype
Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 neotype

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Keratosa (Subclass)
  6. Dictyoceratida (Order)
  7. Spongiidae (Family)
  8. Spongia (Genus)
  9. Spongia (Spongia) (Subgenus)
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  1. Species Spongia (Spongia) adjimensis (Topsent, 1925)
  2. Species Spongia (Spongia) agaricina Pallas, 1766
  3. Species Spongia (Spongia) anclotea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
  4. Species Spongia (Spongia) arabica Keller, 1889
  5. Species Spongia (Spongia) australis Bergquist, 1995
  6. Species Spongia (Spongia) bailyi (Lendenfeld, 1886)
  7. Species Spongia (Spongia) barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  8. Species Spongia (Spongia) bibulus Rao, 1941
  9. Species Spongia (Spongia) brunnea Lévi, 1969
  10. Species Spongia (Spongia) cerebralis Thiele, 1905
  11. Species Spongia (Spongia) ceylonensis (Dendy, 1905)
  12. Species Spongia (Spongia) coelosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  13. Species Spongia (Spongia) conifera (Lendenfeld, 1886)
  14. Species Spongia (Spongia) cookii Hyatt, 1877
  15. Species Spongia (Spongia) distans (Schulz, 1900)
  16. Species Spongia (Spongia) excavata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  17. Species Spongia (Spongia) graminea Hyatt, 1877
  18. Species Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814
  19. Species Spongia (Spongia) hospes (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  20. Species Spongia (Spongia) illawarra (Whitelegge, 1901)
  21. Species Spongia (Spongia) lamella (Schulze, 1879)
  22. Species Spongia (Spongia) lesleighae Helmy, El Serehy, Mohamed & van Soest, 2004
  23. Species Spongia (Spongia) lignea Hyatt, 1877
  24. Species Spongia (Spongia) lobosa (Poléjaeff, 1884)
  25. Species Spongia (Spongia) magellanica Thiele, 1905
  26. Species Spongia (Spongia) matamata de Laubenfels, 1954
  27. Species Spongia (Spongia) mexicana Hyatt, 1877
  28. Species Spongia (Spongia) mollicula Hyatt, 1877
  29. Species Spongia (Spongia) mollissima Schmidt, 1862
  30. Species Spongia (Spongia) nicholsoni Hyatt, 1877
  31. Species Spongia (Spongia) nitens (Schmidt, 1862)
  32. Species Spongia (Spongia) obliqua Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  33. Species Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977
  34. Species Spongia (Spongia) oceania de Laubenfels, 1950
  35. Species Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
  36. Species Spongia (Spongia) osculata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  37. Species Spongia (Spongia) perforata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  38. Species Spongia (Spongia) pilosa (Wilson, 1902)
  39. Species Spongia (Spongia) raoi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  40. Species Spongia (Spongia) reticulata (Lendenfeld, 1886)
  41. Species Spongia (Spongia) solitaria Van Soest, 1978
  42. Species Spongia (Spongia) spinosa (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  43. Species Spongia (Spongia) sterea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
  44. Species Spongia (Spongia) suriganensis (Wilson, 1925)
  45. Species Spongia (Spongia) sweeti (Kirkpatrick, 1900)
  46. Species Spongia (Spongia) tampa de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
  47. Species Spongia (Spongia) tenuiramosa (Dendy, 1905)
  48. Species Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814
  49. Species Spongia (Spongia) violacea Lévi, 1969
  50. Species Spongia (Spongia) virgultosa (Schmidt, 1868)
  51. Species Spongia (Spongia) zimocca Schmidt, 1862
  52. Species Spongia (Spongia) bartholomei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  53. Species Spongia (Spongia) cladonia Rafinesque, 1818 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  54. Species Spongia (Spongia) dumetosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  55. Species Spongia (Spongia) guadelupensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  56. Species Spongia (Spongia) haagenseni Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  57. Species Spongia (Spongia) isidis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  58. Species Spongia (Spongia) krebbresii Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  59. Species Spongia (Spongia) napiformis Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  60. Species Spongia (Spongia) negligens Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  61. Species Spongia (Spongia) subcircularis Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  62. Species Spongia (Spongia) usitatissima Lamarck, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  63. Species Spongia (Spongia) virgata Rafinesque, 1818 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  64. Species Spongia (Spongia) divisa Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977 (unavailable original name)
  65. Species Spongia (Spongia) fistulosa (Lendenfeld, 1889) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 (junior synonym)
  66. Species Spongia (Spongia) fuscoides Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 (unavailable name)
  67. Species Spongia (Spongia) obscura sensu Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977 (unavailable original name)
  68. Species Spongia (Spongia) solitaria sensu Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) solitaria Van Soest, 1978 (unavailable original name)
  69. Species Spongia (Spongia) tectoria Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (unavailable original name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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] OpenAccess publication

(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] OpenAccess publication
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: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165158 on 2026-06-11
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165158 on 2026-06-11
Date
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
created
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

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] OpenAccess publication

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] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002). Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1051-1060. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_101 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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