World Porifera Database - Species - Spongiidae Gray, 1867

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Spongiidae Gray, 1867

AphiaID

131626 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131626)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Dictyoceratida

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Genus Coscinoderma Carter, 1883
Genus Hippospongia Schulze, 1879
Genus Hyattella Lendenfeld, 1888
Genus Leiosella Lendenfeld, 1888
Genus Rhopaloeides Thompson, Murphy, Bergquist & Evans, 1987
Genus Spongia Linnaeus, 1759
Genus Aphrodite Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Hippospongia Schulze, 1879 (junior synonym)
Genus Ceratodendron Marshall, 1877 accepted as Hippospongia Schulze, 1879 (preoccupied and junior synonym)
Genus Ditela Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759 (junior synonym)
Genus Euspongia Bronn, 1859 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759 (junior synonym)
Genus Hippiospongia de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Hippospongia Schulze, 1879 (junior synonym)
Genus Luffariospongia Burton, 1937 accepted as Hyattella Lendenfeld, 1888 (junior synonym)
Genus Silicifibris Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Hippospongia Schulze, 1879 (junior synonym)
Genus Trypespongia de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Hyattella Lendenfeld, 1888 (junior synonym)
Genus Evenor Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [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. Spongiidae Gray, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131626 on 2025-04-11

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2008-05-12 16:53:41Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [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

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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

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Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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