WoRMS taxon details
Spheciospongia inconstans (Dendy, 1887)
170537 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170537)
accepted
Species
Cliona inconstans (Dendy, 1887) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spheciospongia arndti de Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Spheciospongia inconstans var. globosa (Dendy, 1887) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Spheciospongia inconstans var. maeandrina (Dendy, 1887) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Spirastrella inconstans (Dendy, 1887) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Suberites inconstans Dendy, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Suberites inconstans var. globosa Dendy, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Suberites inconstans var. maeandrina Dendy, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Variety Spheciospongia inconstans var. digitata (Dendy, 1887) accepted as Spheciospongia digitata (Dendy, 1887) (status change)
- Variety Spheciospongia inconstans var. globosa (Dendy, 1887) accepted as Spheciospongia inconstans (Dendy, 1887) (junior synonym)
- Variety Spheciospongia inconstans var. maeandrina (Dendy, 1887) accepted as Spheciospongia inconstans (Dendy, 1887) (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Suberites inconstans Dendy, 1887) Dendy, A. (1887). The Sponge-fauna of Madras. A Report on a Collection of Sponges obtained in the Neighbourhood of Madras by Edgar Thurston, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 20(117):153-165, pls IX-XII.
page(s): 154 [details]
page(s): 154 [details]
Lectotype (of Suberites inconstans var. maeandrina...
, Type locality contained in Eastern India
Lectotype (of Suberites inconstans var. maeandrina Dendy, 1887) BMNH 1887.8.4.1, geounit South India and Sri Lanka [details]
type locality contained in Eastern India [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. Spheciospongia inconstans (Dendy, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170537 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Suberites inconstans var. maeandrina Dendy, 1887) Dendy, A. (1887). The Sponge-fauna of Madras. A Report on a Collection of Sponges obtained in the Neighbourhood of Madras by Edgar Thurston, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 20(117):153-165, pls IX-XII.
page(s): 155 [details]
original description (of Spheciospongia arndti de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Suberites inconstans Dendy, 1887) Dendy, A. (1887). The Sponge-fauna of Madras. A Report on a Collection of Sponges obtained in the Neighbourhood of Madras by Edgar Thurston, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 20(117):153-165, pls IX-XII.
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Suberites inconstans var. globosa Dendy, 1887) Dendy, A. (1887). The Sponge-fauna of Madras. A Report on a Collection of Sponges obtained in the Neighbourhood of Madras by Edgar Thurston, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 20(117):153-165, pls IX-XII.
page(s): 155 [details]
page(s): 155 [details]
original description (of Spheciospongia arndti de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Suberites inconstans Dendy, 1887) Dendy, A. (1887). The Sponge-fauna of Madras. A Report on a Collection of Sponges obtained in the Neighbourhood of Madras by Edgar Thurston, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 20(117):153-165, pls IX-XII.
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Suberites inconstans var. globosa Dendy, 1887) Dendy, A. (1887). The Sponge-fauna of Madras. A Report on a Collection of Sponges obtained in the Neighbourhood of Madras by Edgar Thurston, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 20(117):153-165, pls IX-XII.
page(s): 155 [details]
Other
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; note: Assigned to a new combination Cervicornia inconstans, but this needs further explanation. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Setiawan, E.; Muzaki, F.K.; Nurhayati, A.P.D.; Maulidina, N. (2019). Record of shallow-water sponges in Simeulue Island, Aceh Province, Indonesia. <em>Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity.</em> 20(11): 3246-3257., available online at https://doi.org/10.13057/biodiv/d201117
page(s): 3251 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sivaleela, G. (2014). Marine sponges of Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>Records of the Zoolgical Survey of India.</em> 114 (Part 4): 607-622.
page(s): 609 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): Table 2; note: Assigned to a new combination Cervicornia inconstans, but this needs further explanation. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Setiawan, E.; Muzaki, F.K.; Nurhayati, A.P.D.; Maulidina, N. (2019). Record of shallow-water sponges in Simeulue Island, Aceh Province, Indonesia. <em>Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity.</em> 20(11): 3246-3257., available online at https://doi.org/10.13057/biodiv/d201117
page(s): 3251 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sivaleela, G. (2014). Marine sponges of Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>Records of the Zoolgical Survey of India.</em> 114 (Part 4): 607-622.
page(s): 609 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Suberites inconstans var. maeandrina Dendy, 1887) BMNH 1887.8.4.1, geounit South India and Sri Lanka [details]
From editor or global species database
New combination George et al. (2021) listed this species as a new combination Cervicornia inconstans, but this needs further explanation. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Suberites inconstans Dendy, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Spirastrella inconstans (Dendy, 1887))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spheciospongia inconstans)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Spirastrella inconstans (Dendy, 1887))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Suberites inconstans Dendy, 1887)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Suberites inconstans var. maeandrina Dendy, 1887)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Spirastrella inconstans (Dendy, 1887))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spheciospongia inconstans)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Spirastrella inconstans (Dendy, 1887))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Suberites inconstans Dendy, 1887)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Suberites inconstans var. maeandrina Dendy, 1887)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
