WoRMS taxon details
Aulospongus Norman, 1878
168007 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168007)
accepted
Genus
Haliphysema tubulatum Bowerbank, 1873 accepted as Aulospongus tubulatus (Bowerbank, 1873) (type by original designation)
Aulospongiella Burton, 1956 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Haliphysema sensu Bowerbank, 1873 · unaccepted (preoccupied by Foraminiferan and...)
preoccupied by Foraminiferan and misspelling
Hemectyonilla Burton, 1959 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Heterectya Hallmann, 1917 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Rhaphidectyon Topsent, 1927 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Aulospongus aurantiacus Aguilar-Camacho & Carballo, 2013
- Species Aulospongus californianus Aguilar-Camacho & Carballo, 2013
- Species Aulospongus cerebella (Dickinson, 1945)
- Species Aulospongus flabellum Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
- Species Aulospongus gardineri (Dendy, 1922)
- Species Aulospongus involutus (Kirkpatrick, 1903)
- Species Aulospongus lajollaensis Turner & Pankey, 2023
- Species Aulospongus mandela Cavalcanti, Santos & Pinheiro, 2014
- Species Aulospongus monticularis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
- Species Aulospongus novaecaledoniensis Hooper, Lehnert & Zea, 1999
- Species Aulospongus phakelloides Goodbody & Lehnert, 2004
- Species Aulospongus samariensis Hooper, Lehnert & Zea, 1999
- Species Aulospongus similiaustralis Hooper, Sutcliffe & Schlacher-Hoenlinger, 2008
- Species Aulospongus spinosus (Topsent, 1927)
- Species Aulospongus trirhabdostylus Cavalcanti, Santos & Pinheiro, 2014
- Species Aulospongus tubulatus (Bowerbank, 1873)
- Species Aulospongus villosus (Thiele, 1898)
- Species Aulospongus viridans Turner & Pankey, 2023
- Species Aulospongus clathrioides Lévi, 1967 accepted as Raspailia (Raspaxilla) clathrioides (Lévi, 1967) (genus transfer)
- Species Aulospongus encrusta (Thomas, 1881) accepted as Eurypon encrusta (Thomas, 1981) (genus transfer)
- Species Aulospongus galapagensis Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997 accepted as Raspailia (Raspaxilla) galapagensis (Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997) (genus transfer)
- Species Aulospongus hyle (de Laubenfels, 1930) accepted as Endectyon (Endectyon) hyle (de Laubenfels, 1930) (genus transfer)
- Species Aulospongus hymani (Dickinson, 1945) accepted as Raspailia (Raspaxilla) hymani (Dickinson, 1945) (genus transfer)
- Species Aulospongus phakellioides Goodbody & Lehnert, 2004 accepted as Aulospongus phakelloides Goodbody & Lehnert, 2004 (misspelling of species name)
- Species Aulospongus schoenus de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) curacaoensis Arndt, 1927 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Aulospongus semota (Topsent, 1928) accepted as Trachostylea semota Topsent, 1928 (reverted genus transfer)
- Species Aulospongus sessilis (Carter, 1880) accepted as Eurypon sessile (Carter, 1880)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Norman, A.M. (1878). On the Genus <i>Haliphysema</i>, with Descriptions of several Forms apparently allied to it. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 1(4): 265-284, pl. XVI., available online at https://biostor.org/reference/93846
page(s): 266-267; note: infrapaginal note [details]
page(s): 266-267; note: infrapaginal note [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. Aulospongus Norman, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168007 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Norman, A.M. (1878). On the Genus <i>Haliphysema</i>, with Descriptions of several Forms apparently allied to it. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 1(4): 265-284, pl. XVI., available online at https://biostor.org/reference/93846
page(s): 266-267; note: infrapaginal note [details]
original description (of Haliphysema sensu Bowerbank, 1873) Bowerbank, J.S. (1873). Report on a Collection of Sponges found at Ceylon by E.W.H. Holdsworth, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 25-32, pls V-VII. [details]
original description (of Heterectya Hallmann, 1917) Hallmann, E.F. (1917 [1916]). A revision of the genera with microscleres included, or provisionally included, in the family Axinellidae; with descriptions of some Australian species. Part III. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 41 (164): 634-675, pls XXIX, figs 3, 5, 6; XXXIII, fig. 6; XXXVIII, figs 5-9. [details]
original description (of Rhaphidectyon Topsent, 1927) Topsent, E. (1927). Diagnoses d'Éponges nouvelles recueillies par le Prince Albert ler de Monaco. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique Monaco.</em> (502): 1-19.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Rhaphidectyon Topsent, 1927) Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 288 [details]
original description (of Aulospongiella Burton, 1956) Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen).</em> 4: 111-147.
page(s): 142 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Hemectyonilla Burton, 1959) Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. <em>In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London.</em> Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 254 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (1991). Revision of the family Raspailiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. <em>Invertebrate Taxonomy.</em> 5 (6): 1179-1418.
page(s): 1307-1308 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Raspailiidae Hentschel, 1923. pp. 469-510. <i>In</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. 1. (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Raspailiidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 469–510. <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]
page(s): 266-267; note: infrapaginal note [details]
original description (of Haliphysema sensu Bowerbank, 1873) Bowerbank, J.S. (1873). Report on a Collection of Sponges found at Ceylon by E.W.H. Holdsworth, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 25-32, pls V-VII. [details]
original description (of Heterectya Hallmann, 1917) Hallmann, E.F. (1917 [1916]). A revision of the genera with microscleres included, or provisionally included, in the family Axinellidae; with descriptions of some Australian species. Part III. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 41 (164): 634-675, pls XXIX, figs 3, 5, 6; XXXIII, fig. 6; XXXVIII, figs 5-9. [details]
original description (of Rhaphidectyon Topsent, 1927) Topsent, E. (1927). Diagnoses d'Éponges nouvelles recueillies par le Prince Albert ler de Monaco. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique Monaco.</em> (502): 1-19.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Rhaphidectyon Topsent, 1927) Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 288 [details]
original description (of Aulospongiella Burton, 1956) Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen).</em> 4: 111-147.
page(s): 142 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Hemectyonilla Burton, 1959) Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. <em>In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London.</em> Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 254 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (1991). Revision of the family Raspailiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. <em>Invertebrate Taxonomy.</em> 5 (6): 1179-1418.
page(s): 1307-1308 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Raspailiidae Hentschel, 1923. pp. 469-510. <i>In</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. 1. (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Raspailiidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 469–510. <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]Taxonomy
redescription
Hooper, J.N.A.; Lehnert, H.; Zea, S. (1999). Revision of <i>Aulospongus</i> and other Raspailiidae with rhabdostyles (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida). <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 43 (2): 649-707.
page(s): 651-652 [details]
page(s): 651-652 [details]
Other
additional source
Bowerbank, J.S. (1873). Report on a Collection of Sponges found at Ceylon by E.W.H. Holdsworth, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 25-32, pls V-VII. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
