WoRMS taxon details
Xestospongia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815)
166902 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166902)
accepted
Species
Alcyonium testudinarium Lamarck, 1815 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Petrosia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Petrosia testudinaria var. fistulophora Wilson, 1925 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Reniera crateriformis Carter, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Reniera testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Xestospongia testudinaria var. fistulophora (Wilson, 1925) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Variety Xestospongia testudinaria var. fistulophora (Wilson, 1925) accepted as Xestospongia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815) (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Alcyonium testudinarium 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] 
Neotype (of Alcyonium testudinarium Lamarck, 1815)...
Neotype (of Alcyonium testudinarium Lamarck, 1815) BMNH 1881.10.21.266, geounit Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef [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. Xestospongia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166902 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Reniera crateriformis Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). New Sponges, Observations on old ones, and a proposed New Group. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 10(55):106-125. [details]
original description (of Alcyonium testudinarium 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 Petrosia testudinaria var. fistulophora Wilson, 1925) Wilson, H.V. (1925). Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U.S. Fisheries Steamer ‘Albatross' during the Philippine Expedition,1907-10. pp. 273-532, pls 37-52. <i>In</i>: Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 100 (2, part 4).
page(s): 401-403 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details]
basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R. (1987). Description de la faune des Petrosida (Porifera) de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. I. Petrosiidae-Oceanapiidae. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 94(1): 177-243.
page(s): 198-200 [details]
original description (of Alcyonium testudinarium 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 Petrosia testudinaria var. fistulophora Wilson, 1925) Wilson, H.V. (1925). Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U.S. Fisheries Steamer ‘Albatross' during the Philippine Expedition,1907-10. pp. 273-532, pls 37-52. <i>In</i>: Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 100 (2, part 4).
page(s): 401-403 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details]
basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R. (1987). Description de la faune des Petrosida (Porifera) de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. I. Petrosiidae-Oceanapiidae. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 94(1): 177-243.
page(s): 198-200 [details]
Other
additional source
Fromont, J. (1991). Descriptions of species of the Petrosida (Porifera:Demospongiae) occurring in the tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 8 (1): 73-96.
page(s): 84 [details]
additional source Lévi, C.; Lévi, P. (1989). Spongiaires (MUSORSTOM 1 & 2). <i>In</i>: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, volume 4. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 143: 25-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 84-85 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Hooper, J.N.A. (2008). Sponges. Pp 170-186. In: P. Hutchings, M.J. Kingsford & I.O. Hoegh-Guldberg (eds). The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and management. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.
page(s): 180 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lim, S.C.; de Voogd, N.J.; Tan, K.S. (2008). A guide to sponges of Singapore. Science Centre Singapore, pp. 1-173.
page(s): 140-141 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zainuddin, I.; Pauzi, M.A.; Abdul Razak, L.; Yazid, M.Y. 2000. Preliminary study on the diversity and distribution of sponges at Pulau Layang-layang, Sabah, Malaysia. The Malayan Nature Journal 54 (2): 77-86. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fromont, J.; Vanderklift, M.A. (2009). Porifera (sponges) of Mermaid, Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, north Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement 77: 89-103.
page(s): 96 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Putchakarn, S. (2007). Species diversity of marine sponges dwelling in coral reefs in Had Khanom—Mo Ko Thale Tai National Park, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 87(06): 1635-1642., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531540705833x
page(s): 1637, Table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source George, A.M.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Sluka, R.D.; Lazarus, S. (2020). A checklist of marine sponges (Porifera) of peninsula India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4885(2): 277-300., available online at http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EC1CCF10-3E5F-4815-A393-AD9CF6B93C62
page(s): Table 2 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pereira, P.; Raghunathan, C. (2023). Descriptions of poorly known marine sponges (Phylum Porifera) from the Andaman Islands India with notes on their ecology. <em>Records of the Zological Survey of India, Special Volume.</em> 123 (iS2): 279-306.
page(s): 290 [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source Fromont, J. (1994). The reproductive biology of tropical species of Haplosclerida and Petrosida on the Great Barrier Reef. <i>In</i>: Van Soest RWM, van Kempen TMG, Braekman JC (eds) Sponges in Time and Space. Biology, Chemistry, Paleontology. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp 307-311.
page(s): 309-310 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 84 [details]
additional source Lévi, C.; Lévi, P. (1989). Spongiaires (MUSORSTOM 1 & 2). <i>In</i>: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, volume 4. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 143: 25-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 84-85 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hooper, J.N.A. (2008). Sponges. Pp 170-186. In: P. Hutchings, M.J. Kingsford & I.O. Hoegh-Guldberg (eds). The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and management. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.
page(s): 180 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lim, S.C.; de Voogd, N.J.; Tan, K.S. (2008). A guide to sponges of Singapore. Science Centre Singapore, pp. 1-173.
page(s): 140-141 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zainuddin, I.; Pauzi, M.A.; Abdul Razak, L.; Yazid, M.Y. 2000. Preliminary study on the diversity and distribution of sponges at Pulau Layang-layang, Sabah, Malaysia. The Malayan Nature Journal 54 (2): 77-86. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fromont, J.; Vanderklift, M.A. (2009). Porifera (sponges) of Mermaid, Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, north Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement 77: 89-103.
page(s): 96 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Putchakarn, S. (2007). Species diversity of marine sponges dwelling in coral reefs in Had Khanom—Mo Ko Thale Tai National Park, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 87(06): 1635-1642., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531540705833x
page(s): 1637, Table 1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source George, A.M.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Sluka, R.D.; Lazarus, S. (2020). A checklist of marine sponges (Porifera) of peninsula India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4885(2): 277-300., available online at http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EC1CCF10-3E5F-4815-A393-AD9CF6B93C62
page(s): Table 2 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pereira, P.; Raghunathan, C. (2023). Descriptions of poorly known marine sponges (Phylum Porifera) from the Andaman Islands India with notes on their ecology. <em>Records of the Zological Survey of India, Special Volume.</em> 123 (iS2): 279-306.
page(s): 290 [details] Available for editors
[request]biology source Fromont, J. (1994). The reproductive biology of tropical species of Haplosclerida and Petrosida on the Great Barrier Reef. <i>In</i>: Van Soest RWM, van Kempen TMG, Braekman JC (eds) Sponges in Time and Space. Biology, Chemistry, Paleontology. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp 307-311.
page(s): 309-310 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype (of Alcyonium testudinarium Lamarck, 1815) BMNH 1881.10.21.266, geounit Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | turtleshell bath spongelarge barrel spongebarrel sponge | [details] |
| German | Großer VasenschwammBadewannenschwamm | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Alcyonium testudinarium Lamarck, 1815)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Petrosia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Reniera crateriformis Carter, 1882)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Barrel Sponge)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Barrel Sponge)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xestospongia testudinaria)
To Genbank (from synonym Xestospongia testudinaria var. fistulophora (Wilson, 1925))
To Genbank (from synonym Petrosia testudinaria var. fistulophora Wilson, 1925)
To GenBank (170 nucleotides; 114 proteins) (from synonym Petrosia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815))
To GenBank (170 nucleotides; 114 proteins) (from synonym Alcyonium testudinarium Lamarck, 1815)
To GenBank (170 nucleotides; 114 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Petrosia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Petrosia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 21285) (from synonym Petrosia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815))
Xestospongia testudinaria
Note: This is a 'short mudmap' made by John Hooper
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Alcyonium testudinarium Lamarck, 1815)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Petrosia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Reniera crateriformis Carter, 1882)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Barrel Sponge)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Barrel Sponge)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xestospongia testudinaria)
To Genbank (from synonym Xestospongia testudinaria var. fistulophora (Wilson, 1925))
To Genbank (from synonym Petrosia testudinaria var. fistulophora Wilson, 1925)
To GenBank (170 nucleotides; 114 proteins) (from synonym Petrosia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815))
To GenBank (170 nucleotides; 114 proteins) (from synonym Alcyonium testudinarium Lamarck, 1815)
To GenBank (170 nucleotides; 114 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Petrosia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Petrosia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 21285) (from synonym Petrosia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815))
Xestospongia testudinaria
Note: This is a 'short mudmap' made by John Hooper 
