WoRMS taxon details
Spheciospongia inconstans (Dendy, 1887)
170537 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170537)
accepted
Species
Spheciospongia arndti de Laubenfels, 1936 (junior synonym)
Spirastrella inconstans (Dendy, 1887) (genus transfer)
Suberites inconstans Dendy, 1887 (genus transfer)
Variety Spheciospongia inconstans var. digitata (Dendy, 1887)
Variety Spheciospongia inconstans var. globosa (Dendy, 1887)
Variety Spheciospongia inconstans var. maeandrina (Dendy, 1887)
Variety Spheciospongia inconstans var. globosa (Dendy, 1887)
Variety Spheciospongia inconstans var. maeandrina (Dendy, 1887)
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]

Type locality contained in Eastern India
type locality contained in Eastern India [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. Spheciospongia inconstans (Dendy, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170537 on 2021-03-02
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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]
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
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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]

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





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]