WoRMS name details
Hircinia variabilis Schmidt, 1862
194727 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:194727)
unaccepted (genus name correction)
Species
Hircinia Nardo, 1834 accepted as Ircinia Nardo, 1833
- Variety Hircinia variabilis var. chevreuxi Topsent, 1894 accepted as Ircinia chevreuxi (Topsent, 1894)
- Variety Hircinia variabilis var. dendroides Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Ircinia dendroides (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer)
- Variety Hircinia variabilis var. fistulata Szymanski, 1904 accepted as Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym)
- Variety Hircinia variabilis var. galea Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym)
- Variety Hircinia variabilis var. hebes Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862)
- Variety Hircinia variabilis var. hirsuta Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym)
- Variety Hircinia variabilis var. mammillaris Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym)
- Variety Hircinia variabilis var. oros Schmidt, 1864 accepted as Ircinia oros (Schmidt, 1864)
- Variety Hircinia variabilis var. typica Nardo, 1847 accepted as Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) (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): 34; pl III 17 [details]
page(s): 34; pl III 17 [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. Hircinia variabilis Schmidt, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=194727 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): 34; pl III 17 [details]
page(s): 34; pl III 17 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Schulze, F.E. (1880). Untersuchungen über den Bau und die Entwicklung der Spongien. Achte Mittheilung. Die Gattung <i>Hircinia</i> Nardo und <i>Oligoceras</i> n.g. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> V.
page(s): 12-26 [details]
redescription Topsent, E. (1934). Etude d'Eponges littorales du Golfe de Gabès. <em>Bulletin de la Station d'Aquiculture et de Pêche de Castiglione.</em> 1932(2):71-102.
page(s): 6-16 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 12-26 [details]
redescription Topsent, E. (1934). Etude d'Eponges littorales du Golfe de Gabès. <em>Bulletin de la Station d'Aquiculture et de Pêche de Castiglione.</em> 1932(2):71-102.
page(s): 6-16 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Schmidt, O. (1868). Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V.
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source 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): 334 [details]
additional source Topsent, E.; Olivier, L. (1943). Eponges observées dans les parages de Monaco (fin). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 854: 1-12.
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Marion, A.F. (1883). Esquisse d'une topographie zoologique du Golfe de Marseille. <em>Annales du Musée d' Histoire Naturelle de Marseille, Zoologie.</em> 1: 1-108.
page(s): 79 [details]
additional source Desqueyroux, R. (1972). Demospongiae (Porifera) de la Costa de Chile. <em>Gayana.</em> 20: 3-71.
page(s): 41; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 26 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1926). Cambridge Expedition to the Suez canal, III. Report on the sponges. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society.</em> 22: 71-83. [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1929). Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. <em>British Antarctic ('Terra Nova') Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, Zoology.</em> 6 (4): 393-458, pls I-V.
page(s): 447; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1954). Sponges. Pp. 215-239, pl. 9. <i>In</i>: The 'Rosaura' Expedition. Part 5. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology.</em> 2 (6).
page(s): 236; note: Misapplication: = Hircinia variabilis sensu de Laubenfels, 1936 allocated to Ircinia felix [details]
additional source 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): 138 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hentschel, E. (1914). Monaxone Kieselschwämme und Hornschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition.</em> 15 (1): 35-141, pls IV-VIII.
page(s): 138-139; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Koltun, V.M. (1964). Sponges of the Antarctic. 1 Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. Pp. 6-133, 443-448. <em>In: Pavlovskii, E.P., Andriyashev,A.P. & Ushakov, P.V. (Eds), Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958).</em> Akademya Nauk SSSR [English translation,1966, Israel Program for Scientific Translation].
page(s): 109-110; note: Taxonomic remarks only; no specimen collected Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12.
page(s): 175-177; note: Lendenfeld had given as authority for this species Schulze 1879 (1880) [details]
additional source Lévi, C. (1957). Spongiaires des côtes d'Israel. <em>Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel.</em> 6 B(3-4): 201-212.
page(s): 202 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pansini, M. (1987). Littoral demosponges from the banks of the Strait of Sicily and the Alboran Sea. <i>In</i>: Vacelet J, Boury-Esnault N (eds) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. <em>NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series G, Ecological Sciences Springer, Heidelberg.</em> 13, 149-185. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vidal, A. (1967). Etude des fonds rocheux circalittoraux le long de la côte du Rousillon. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 18, 167-219.
page(s): 188 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source 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): 334 [details]
additional source Topsent, E.; Olivier, L. (1943). Eponges observées dans les parages de Monaco (fin). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 854: 1-12.
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Marion, A.F. (1883). Esquisse d'une topographie zoologique du Golfe de Marseille. <em>Annales du Musée d' Histoire Naturelle de Marseille, Zoologie.</em> 1: 1-108.
page(s): 79 [details]
additional source Desqueyroux, R. (1972). Demospongiae (Porifera) de la Costa de Chile. <em>Gayana.</em> 20: 3-71.
page(s): 41; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 26 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1926). Cambridge Expedition to the Suez canal, III. Report on the sponges. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society.</em> 22: 71-83. [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1929). Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. <em>British Antarctic ('Terra Nova') Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, Zoology.</em> 6 (4): 393-458, pls I-V.
page(s): 447; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1954). Sponges. Pp. 215-239, pl. 9. <i>In</i>: The 'Rosaura' Expedition. Part 5. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology.</em> 2 (6).
page(s): 236; note: Misapplication: = Hircinia variabilis sensu de Laubenfels, 1936 allocated to Ircinia felix [details]
additional source 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): 138 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hentschel, E. (1914). Monaxone Kieselschwämme und Hornschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition.</em> 15 (1): 35-141, pls IV-VIII.
page(s): 138-139; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Koltun, V.M. (1964). Sponges of the Antarctic. 1 Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. Pp. 6-133, 443-448. <em>In: Pavlovskii, E.P., Andriyashev,A.P. & Ushakov, P.V. (Eds), Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958).</em> Akademya Nauk SSSR [English translation,1966, Israel Program for Scientific Translation].
page(s): 109-110; note: Taxonomic remarks only; no specimen collected Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12.
page(s): 175-177; note: Lendenfeld had given as authority for this species Schulze 1879 (1880) [details]
additional source Lévi, C. (1957). Spongiaires des côtes d'Israel. <em>Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel.</em> 6 B(3-4): 201-212.
page(s): 202 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pansini, M. (1987). Littoral demosponges from the banks of the Strait of Sicily and the Alboran Sea. <i>In</i>: Vacelet J, Boury-Esnault N (eds) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. <em>NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series G, Ecological Sciences Springer, Heidelberg.</em> 13, 149-185. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vidal, A. (1967). Etude des fonds rocheux circalittoraux le long de la côte du Rousillon. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 18, 167-219.
page(s): 188 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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