WoRMS taxon details
Hippospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
165107 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165107)
accepted
Species
Hippiospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Hippospongia canaliculata var. gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) · unaccepted (status change)
Hippospongia dentata (Hyatt, 1877) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Hippospongia equina var. meandriniformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Spongia (Spongia) intermedia Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia agaricina corlosia var. gossypiniformis Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia dentata Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia equina gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia equina gossypina var. alba Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (unavailable name)
Spongia equina gossypina var. dendritica Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (unavailable name)
Spongia equina gossypina var. porosa Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted
Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia gossypina alba Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (unavailable original name)
Spongia gossypina dendritica Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (unavailable original name)
Spongia gossypina porosa Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (unavailable original name)
Spongia intermedia Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia lapidescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia lapidescens dentata Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia lapidescens var. intermedia Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia lapidescens var. typica Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 32-33; pl III fig 3 [details]
page(s): 32-33; pl III fig 3 [details]
Lectotype (of Spongia gossypina Duchassaing &...
Lectotype (of Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 108, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
Lectotype (of Spongia lapidescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 96, geounit Greater Antilles [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Hippospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165107 on 2024-04-18
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original description
(of Spongia lapidescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 34-35 [details]
original description (of Spongia dentata Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII. [details]
original description (of Spongia intermedia Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII. [details]
original description (of Spongia gossypina dendritica Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 518 [details]
original description (of Spongia gossypina porosa Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII. [details]
original description (of Spongia lapidescens dentata Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 528 [details]
original description (of Spongia lapidescens var. intermedia Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 527 [details]
original description (of Spongia lapidescens var. typica Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 527 [details]
original description (of Spongia agaricina corlosia var. gossypiniformis Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 524 [details]
original description (of Spongia (Spongia) intermedia Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII. [details]
original description (of Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 32-33; pl III fig 3 [details]
original description (of Spongia equina gossypina var. dendritica Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 518 [details]
original description (of Spongia equina gossypina var. porosa Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 518-519 [details]
original description (of Spongia equina gossypina var. alba Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 519 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Ritter, J. (2000). The sponges of Bermuda. BBSR - Unpub. report. [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94.
page(s): 21-22 [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]
page(s): 34-35 [details]
original description (of Spongia dentata Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII. [details]
original description (of Spongia intermedia Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII. [details]
original description (of Spongia gossypina dendritica Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 518 [details]
original description (of Spongia gossypina porosa Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII. [details]
original description (of Spongia lapidescens dentata Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 528 [details]
original description (of Spongia lapidescens var. intermedia Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 527 [details]
original description (of Spongia lapidescens var. typica Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 527 [details]
original description (of Spongia agaricina corlosia var. gossypiniformis Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 524 [details]
original description (of Spongia (Spongia) intermedia Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII. [details]
original description (of Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 32-33; pl III fig 3 [details]
original description (of Spongia equina gossypina var. dendritica Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 518 [details]
original description (of Spongia equina gossypina var. porosa Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 518-519 [details]
original description (of Spongia equina gossypina var. alba Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 519 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Ritter, J. (2000). The sponges of Bermuda. BBSR - Unpub. report. [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94.
page(s): 21-22 [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 108, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
Lectotype (of Spongia lapidescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 96, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
Paralectotype (of Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) ZMA Por. 02087, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | velvet sponge [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Spongia lapidescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Spongia intermedia Hyatt, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Spongia lapidescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (6 records) (from synonym Spongia lapidescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (8 records) (from synonym Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 008366.PR)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Spongia intermedia Hyatt, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Spongia lapidescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (6 records) (from synonym Spongia lapidescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (8 records) (from synonym Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 008366.PR)
To ITIS
