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Porifera taxon details

Suberites ficus (Johnston, 1842)

134285  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134285)

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Species
Choanites ficus (Johnston, 1842) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Halichondria farinaria Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Halichondria ficus Johnston, 1842 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Hymeniacidon ficus (Johnston, 1842) · unaccepted (genus transfer)

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(of Halichondria ficus Johnston, 1842) Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582
page(s): 144-146 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Lectotype  (of Halichondria ficus Johnston, 1842) BMNH...  
Lectotype (of Halichondria ficus Johnston, 1842) BMNH 1847.9.7.51, geounit North Sea [details]
Taxonomy This is not Alcyonium ficus sensu Pallas, 1766 or Esper, 1794, as expressly stated by Johnston (1842: 144).  
Taxonomy This is not Alcyonium ficus sensu Pallas, 1766 or Esper, 1794, as expressly stated by Johnston (1842: 144). [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. Suberites ficus (Johnston, 1842). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=134285 on 2024-03-28
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original description  (of Halichondria ficus Johnston, 1842) Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582
page(s): 144-146 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Halichondria farinaria Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 269-271 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Suberitidae. Pp 227-244 <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - a guide to the classification of the sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York: 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Suberitidae. Pp 227-244 <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - a guide to the classification of the sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York: 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]  Full text PDF 

additional source Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). <em>A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society.</em> 1-175.
page(s): 60-61 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Fristedt, K. (1885). Bidrag till Kännedomen om de vid Sveriges vestra Kust lefvande Spongiae. <em>Kungliga Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar.</em> 21: 1-56, pls I-IV.
page(s): 20-21 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Hanitsch, R. (1890). Third Report on the Porifera of the L.M.B.C.District. <em>Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society.</em> 4: 192-238, pls X-XV.
page(s): 216 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Hiscock, K.; Stone, S.M.K.; George, J.D. (1984). The marine fauna of Lundy. Porifera (sponges): a preliminary study. <em>Report Lundy Field Society.</em> 34: 16-35.
page(s): 20-21 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Tanita, S.; Hoshino, T. (1989). The Demospongiae of Sagami Bay. <em>Biological Laboratory, Imperial Household: Japan.</em> i-xiii, 1-197 [in English], pls 1-19; 1-166 [in Japanese], 1 map.
page(s): 59; note: Missapplication (probably for Suberites placenta[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Topsent, E. (1891). Voyage de la Goëlette ‘Melita' aux Canaries et au Sénégal, 1889-1890. Spongiaires. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 4: 11-15, pl. II.
page(s): 14-15 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Uriz, M.J. (1988). Deep-water sponges from the continental shelf and slope off Namibia (Southwest Africa): Classses Hexactinellida and Demospongia. <em>Monografías de Zoología Marina.</em> 3: 9-157.
page(s): 37; note: Misapplication [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1993). Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.</em> 159: 205-219. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1993). Distribution of sponges on the Mauritanian continental shelf. <i>In</i>:Wolff,W.J., van der Land, J., Nienhuis,P.H. & de Wilde, P.A.W.J. (Eds), Ecological Studies in the Coastal Waters of Mauritania. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 258: 95-106. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Voultsiadou-Koukoura, E.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (1993). Suberitidae (Demospongiae, Hadromerida) from the North Aegean Sea. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 43 (11): 176-186. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 179 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]   

additional source Samaai, T.; Gibbons, M.J. (2005). Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. <em>African Natural History.</em> 1: 1-96.
page(s): 28; note: Misapplication: This record concerns Suberites dandelenae Samaai & Maduray, 2017. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46.
note: misapplication, not primary source [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Topsent, E. (1891). Spongaires des côtes océaniques de France. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 6: 125-129.
page(s): 127 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Hanitsch, R. (1891). Notes on some sponges collected by Professor Herdman off the west coast of Ireland from the 'Argo'. <em>Transactions of the Biological Society of Liverpool.</em> 5: 213-222.
page(s): 219 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Kim, H.S.; Rho, B.J.; Sim, C.J. 1968. Marine sponges in South Korea (1). Korean Journal of Zoology 11 (2): 37-47.
page(s): 40; note: Misapplication. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Stone, S.M.: Boardley. E.; Gill, M. (1987). Field characteristics of some conspicuous sublittoral sponges from Roaringwater Bay, County Cork, Ireland. <i>In</i>: Jones WC (ed) European contributions to the taxonomy of sponges. <em>Publications of the Sherkin Island Marine Station.</em> 1: 130-140. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Cuénot, L. 1936. Commensalisme des pontes de Céphalopodes avec des éponges et des cnidaires. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique (2) 3: 37-40. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Pansini, M.; Musso, B. (1991). Sponges from trawl-exploitable bottoms of the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas: distribution and ecology. <em>P.S.Z.N.I.: Marine Ecology.</em> 12 (4): 317-329.
page(s): 321 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Uriz, M.J. (1983). Monografía I. Contribución a la fauna de esponjas (Demospongia) de Cataluña. <em>Anales de la Sección Ciencias del Colegio Universitario de Gerona.</em> 7: 1-220.
page(s): 80-92 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Santín, A.; Grinyó, J.; Ambroso, S.; Uriz, M.-J.; Gori, A.; Dominguez-Carrió, C.; Gili, J.-M. (2018). Sponge assemblages on the deep Mediterranean continental shelf and slope (Menorca Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea). <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 131: 75-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.11.003
page(s): Supplementary data [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS[details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Samaai, T.; Maduray, S.; Janson, L.; Gibbons, M.J.; Ngwakum, B.; Teske, P.R. (2017). A new species of habitat–forming <i>Suberites</i> (Porifera, Demospongiae, Suberitida) in the Benguela upwelling region (South Africa). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4254 (1): 49–81., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4254.1.3
page(s): 69-70 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

biology source Morrow, C.; Picton, B.; Erpenbeck, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Maggs, C.; Allcock, A. (2012). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 62(1): 174-190., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.016
page(s): 177 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record  (of Halichondria ficus Johnston, 1842) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Suberitidae. Pp 227-244 <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - a guide to the classification of the sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York: 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]  Full text PDF 

basis of record  (of Halichondria ficus Johnston, 1842) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Suberitidae. Pp 227-244 <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - a guide to the classification of the sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York: 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Suberitidae. Pp 227-244 <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - a guide to the classification of the sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York: 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]  Full text PDF 

basis of record  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Suberitidae. Pp 227-244 <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - a guide to the classification of the sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York: 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record  (of Hymeniacidon ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 206-208 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Hymeniacidon ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 91-92, Pl. XXXVI 10-17 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Stephens, J. (1915). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. I.- The Triaxonia and part of the Tetraxonida. <em>Fisheries, Ireland Scientific Investigations.</em> 1914(4): 1-43, pls I-V.
page(s): 35-36 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Topsent, E. (1913). Spongiaires provenant des campagnes scientifiques de la ‘Princesse Alice' dans les Mers du Nord (1898-1899 - 1906-1907). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I de Monaco.</em> 45: 1-67, pls I-V.
page(s): 25 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 156 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Topsent, E. (1934). Eponges observées dans les parages de Monaco. (Première partie). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 650: 1-42.
page(s): 16 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Uriz, M.J. (1987). Sponges from the south-west of Africa: description of species. <i>In</i>: Jones WC (ed) European contributions to the taxonomy of sponges. <em>Publications of the Sherkin Island Marine Station.</em> 1, 54-73.
page(s): 58; note: Misapplication [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1977). Marine and freshwater sponges (Porifera) of the Netherlands. <em>Zoölogische Mededelingen. Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie te Leiden.</em> 50(16): 261-273.
page(s): 265; note: Misapplication for Suberites virgultosus [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Ferrer Hernández, F. (1912). Notas sobre algunas esponjas de Santander. <em>Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural de Madrid.</em> 12: 573-588.
page(s): 587 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]   

additional source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Stephens, J. (1917). Report on the sponges collected off the coasts of Ireland by the dredging expeditions of the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Dublin Society. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 34 (B): 1-16.
page(s): 5 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Broch, H. (1927). Untersuchungen über die marine Bodenfauna bei Lindesness im Juni 1926. <em>Avhandlinger Utgitt av det Norske Videnskaps-Akademie I Oslo Matematisk-Naturvidenskapelig Klasse.</em> 5: 1-32.
page(s): 5 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Topaloğlu, B. (2001). Sponge fauna in the littoral zone of the Marmara Sea. <em>Rapports et Procès Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration de la Mer Méditerranée,.</em> 36, 421.
page(s): 421 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Solórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. <em>Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 1036 pp.
page(s): 349-354; Lám. 24-25 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Borojevic, R.; Cabioch, L.; Lévi, C. (1968). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. <em>Éditions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.</em> pp. 1-44., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/images/stories/sbr/observation/documents/spongiaires.pdf
page(s): 8 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Descatoire, A. (1969). Peuplements sessiles de l'Archipel de Glénan de l'infralittoral rocheux. I. - Inventaire: Spongiaires. <em>Vie et Milieu (B, Océanographie).</em> 20 (1B): 177-209.
page(s): 187 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Ferrer Hernández, F. (1914). Esponjas del Cantábrico. Parte 2. III. Myxospongida. IV. Tetraxonida. V. Triaxonida. <em>Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Zoológica).</em> 17: 1-46.
page(s): 17-18 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1898). Die Clavulina der Adria. <em>Nova acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino Carolinae germanicae naturaecuriosorum.</em> 69: 1-251, pls I-XII.
page(s): 94-98; pl III fig 26-27 & 30; pl VI fig 52; pl VII fig 77; pl XI fig 189-191 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Lévi, C. (1952). Spongiaires de la côte du Sénégal. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire (A. Sciences naturelles).</em> 14 (1): 34-59.
page(s): 44 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Halichondria farinaria Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 177, Pl. LXX 5-8 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

new combination reference  (of Hymeniacidon ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Norman, A. M. (1869). Notes on a few Hebridean Sponges, and on a new <i>Desmacidon</i> from Jersey. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)3(16): 296-299.
page(s): 297 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

new combination reference  (of Choanites ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls.
page(s): 78-79 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

biology source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Fauré-Frémiet, E. (1931). Etude histologique de <i>Ficulina ficus</i> L. (Demospongia). <em>Archives d'Anatomie microscopique.</em> 27 (3): 421-448. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

biology source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Fauré-Frémiet, E. (1932). Morphogenèse expérimentale (reconstitution) chez <i>Ficulina ficus</i> L. <em>Archives d'Anatomie microscopique.</em> 28 (1): 1-78. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

biology source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Fauré-Frémiet, E. (1932). Involution expérimentale et tension de structure dans les cultures de <i>Ficulina ficus</i>. <em>Archives d'Anatomie microscopique.</em> 28 (1): 121-156. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

biology source  (of Ficulina ficus (Johnston, 1842)) Lévi, C. (1956). Étude des <i>Halisarca</i> de Roscoff. Embryologie et systématique des démosponges. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 93(1): 1-181.
page(s): 94-97 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
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Lectotype (of Halichondria ficus Johnston, 1842) BMNH 1847.9.7.51, geounit North Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Original description Johnston's Halichondria ficus is the first recognizable description and depiction of the sponge generally considered as Suberites ficus in the recent literature. [details]

Reproduction Indirect Development, Oviparous species. Description of ovogenesis from pp. 94-97. Spawning of ovocytes (40-50µm in diameter) occurs in October.  [details]

Taxonomy This is not Alcyonium ficus sensu Pallas, 1766 or Esper, 1794, as expressly stated by Johnston (1842: 144). [details]
LanguageName 
Dutch vijgspons  [details]
English Wanderingsea orangeOrange spongeorange fig horny spongefig sponge  [details]
French éponge figuier  [details]
German KorkschwammFeigenschwamm  [details]
Japanese ツミイレカイメン  [details]
Russian Пробковая губка суберитес фикус  [details]


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