WoRMS name details
Spongia equina Schmidt, 1862
193620 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193620)
unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species
- Subspecies Spongia equina cerebriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Smenospongia cerebriformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (genus transfer and status change)
- Subspecies Spongia equina gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Hippospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (genus transfer)
- Subspecies Spongia equina meandriniformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 23; pl II fig 5 [details]
page(s): 23; pl II fig 5 [details]
Type locality contained in Adriatic Sea
type locality contained in Adriatic Sea [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 equina Schmidt, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=193620 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 23; pl II fig 5 [details]
page(s): 23; pl II fig 5 [details]
Other
additional source
Burton, M. (1936). The fishery ground near Alexandria. IX. Sponges. <em>Notes and Memoirs of the Fisheries Research Directorate, Cairo.</em> 17: 1-28.
page(s): 24 [details]
page(s): 24 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Holotype LMJG [details]
