WoRMS taxon details
Ophlitaspongia Bowerbank, 1866
131873 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131873)
accepted
Genus
Ophlitaspongia papilla Bowerbank, 1866 (type by original designation)
Ophlitospongia · unaccepted (misspelling for Ophlitaspngia)
Oplitospongia · unaccepted (misspelling for Ophlitaspngia)
- Species Ophlitaspongia kildensis Howson & Chambers, 1999
- Species Ophlitaspongia papilla Bowerbank, 1866
- Species Ophlitaspongia arbuscula Row, 1911 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) arbuscula (Row, 1911) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia arcifera (Schmidt, 1868) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) arcifera (Schmidt, 1868)
- Species Ophlitaspongia australiensis Ridley, 1884 accepted as Echinochalina (Echinochalina) australiensis (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia axinelloides Dendy, 1896 accepted as Echinoclathria axinelloides (Dendy, 1896) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia basifixa Topsent, 1913 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) basifixa (Topsent, 1913) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia chalinoides (Carter, 1885) accepted as Echinoclathria chalinoides (Carter, 1885)
- Species Ophlitaspongia confragosa Hallmann, 1912 accepted as Echinoclathria confragosa (Hallmann, 1912) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia coralloides (Scopoli, 1772) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) coralloides (Scopoli, 1772)
- Species Ophlitaspongia dichotoma Lévi, 1963 accepted as Echinoclathria dichotoma (Lévi, 1963) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia digitiformis Row, 1911 accepted as Echinoclathria digitiformis (Row, 1911) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia eccentrica Burton, 1934 accepted as Clathria (Isociella) eccentrica (Burton, 1934) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia flabellata Topsent, 1916 accepted as Clathria (Axosuberites) flabellata (Topsent, 1916) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia fucoides (Bowerbank, 1876) accepted as Protosuberites epiphytum (Lamarck, 1815) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Ophlitaspongia gabrieli Dendy, 1896 accepted as Echinochalina (Echinochalina) gabrieli (Dendy, 1896) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia hjorti (Arnesen, 1920) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) hjorti (Arnesen, 1920) (reverted genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia horrida Row, 1911 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) horrida (Row, 1911) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia inornata Hallmann, 1912 accepted as Echinoclathria inornata (Hallmann, 1912)
- Species Ophlitaspongia membranacea Thiele, 1905 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) membranacea (Thiele, 1905) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia meyeri Bowerbank, 1877 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) meyeri (Bowerbank, 1877) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia mima de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) mima (de Laubenfels, 1954) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia minor Burton, 1959 accepted as Echinoclathria minor (Burton, 1959) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia mucronata Topsent, 1897 accepted as Echinochalina (Protophlitaspongia) mucronata (Topsent, 1897) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia mutans Sarà, 1978 accepted as Dragmacidon mutans (Sarà, 1978) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia nidificata Kirkpatrick, 1907 accepted as Clathria (Axosuberites) nidificata (Kirkpatrick, 1907) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia noto Tanita, 1963 accepted as Echinoclathria noto (Tanita, 1963) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia oxeata Bergquist & Fromont, 1988 accepted as Echinoclathria oxeata (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia pennata (Lambe, 1895) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) pennata (Lambe, 1895) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia reticulata Bergquist & Fromont, 1988 accepted as Echinoclathria reticulata (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia rimosa (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Echinoclathria rimosa (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia seriata (sensu Johnston, 1842) accepted as Ophlitaspongia papilla Bowerbank, 1866 (junior synonym)
- Species Ophlitaspongia subhispida (Carter, 1885) accepted as Echinoclathria subhispida Carter, 1885
- Species Ophlitaspongia tenuis (Carter, 1885) accepted as Echinoclathria leporina (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Ophlitaspongia thetidis Hallmann, 1920 accepted as Clathria (Axosuberites) thetidis (Hallmann, 1920) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia thielei Burton, 1932 accepted as Clathria (Axosuberites) georgiaensis Hooper, 1996 (genus transfer and synonym)
- Species Ophlitaspongia translata Pulitzer-Finali, 1978 accepted as Echinoclathria translata (Pulitzer-Finali, 1978) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia tubulosa Hallmann, 1912 accepted as Echinochalina (Echinochalina) tubulosa (Hallmann, 1912) (genus transfer)
- Species Ophlitaspongia papilla sensu Ferrer Hernández, 1914 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089 [details] 
Note Type species is Ophlitaspongia papilla sensu...
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Type species Type species is Ophlitaspongia papilla sensu Bowerbank, 1866 (not Ferrer- Hernandez) [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. Ophlitaspongia Bowerbank, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131873 on 2025-04-04
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Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089 [details]
basis of record Howson, C.M.; Chambers, S.J. (1999). <i>Ophlitaspongia</i> and <i>Ophlitaspongia papilla</i> reinstated, and a new species of <i>Ophlitaspongia</i> described (Porifera: Demospongiae: Microcionidae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 79 (4): 609-620. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Lévi, C. (1960). Les démosponges des côtes de France: 1. Les Clathriidae [The Demospongiae of the French coasts: 1. The Clathriidae. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 1 (1): 47-87. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Howson, C.M.; Chambers, S.J. (1999). <i>Ophlitaspongia</i> and <i>Ophlitaspongia papilla</i> reinstated, and a new species of <i>Ophlitaspongia</i> described (Porifera: Demospongiae: Microcionidae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 79 (4): 609-620. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Lévi, C. (1960). Les démosponges des côtes de France: 1. Les Clathriidae [The Demospongiae of the French coasts: 1. The Clathriidae. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 1 (1): 47-87. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875. pp. 432-468. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 432–468. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 432–468. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Spelling Misspelled as Ophilitaspongia by Hoshino, 1981. [details]Type species Type species is Ophlitaspongia papilla sensu Bowerbank, 1866 (not Ferrer- Hernandez) [details]
