WoRMS name details
Spongia communis Lamarck, 1814
132389 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132389)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
- Subspecies Spongia communis aurantia Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Hippospongia communis (Lamarck, 1814) (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Spongia communis fusca Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Hippospongia communis (Lamarck, 1814) (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Spongia communis lutea Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Hippospongia communis (Lamarck, 1814) (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 370 [details]
page(s): 370 [details]
Lectotype NNM RMNH Por. 475
Lectotype NNM RMNH Por. 475 [details]
Taxonomy Although Lamarck (1814: 370) clearly states that his specimens (in three varieties) came from the Red Sea and the Indian...
Taxonomy Although Lamarck (1814: 370) clearly states that his specimens (in three varieties) came from the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, subsequent authors (e.g. Topsent, 1931) very much doubted this origin. It is now generally assumed, despite the labels, that Spongia communis was from the Mediterranean. [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. Spongia communis Lamarck, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132389 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 370 [details]
page(s): 370 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Topsent, E. (1931 [1930]). Éponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. <em>Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Paris.</em> (6) 5:1-56, pls I-IV.
page(s): 10-11 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 10-11 [details] Available for editors
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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 Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. <em>F. Poisson, Caen.</em> i-lxxxiv, 1-558, pls. I-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11606092
page(s): 20 [details]
additional source Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. <em>F. Poisson, Caen.</em> i-lxxxiv, 1-558, pls. I-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11606092
page(s): 20 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype NNM RMNH Por. 475 [details]
Unknown type MNHN, verbatimGeounit It is generally assu... [details]
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Specimen The Leiden Museum incorporates a small collection of Lamarck specimens ('duplicates'), which were donated by the Paris Museum in 1815 as part compensation for lost Dutch natural history objects sequestered during the French occupation of Holland (1795-1813). Among these there is a specimen labeled Spongia communis. In the absence of specimens left in Paris, this is here considered the lectotype. [details]Taxonomy Although Lamarck (1814: 370) clearly states that his specimens (in three varieties) came from the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, subsequent authors (e.g. Topsent, 1931) very much doubted this origin. It is now generally assumed, despite the labels, that Spongia communis was from the Mediterranean. [details]
