WoRMS name details
Hippospongia equina (Schmidt, 1862)
165101 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165101)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
Variety Hippospongia equina var. cerebriformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Smenospongia cerebriformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (genus transfer and status change)
Variety Hippospongia equina var. elastica Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Hippospongia elastica Lendenfeld, 1889 (status change)
Variety Hippospongia equina var. massa Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Hippospongia massa Lendenfeld, 1889
Variety Hippospongia equina var. meandriniformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Variety Hippospongia equina var. micropora Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Hippospongia micropora (Lendenfeld, 1889) (status change)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spongia equina Schmidt, 1862) 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]
Van Soest, R.W.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schönberg, C.; Klautau, M.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P.; Carballo, J.L.; Ríos, P.; Downey, R.; Morrow, C.C. (2021). World Porifera Database. Hippospongia equina (Schmidt, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165101 on 2021-01-26
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original description
(of Spongia equina Schmidt, 1862) 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]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R. W. M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 302-304 [details]
page(s): 23; pl II fig 5 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R. W. M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
[request] source of synonymy Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 302-304 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
