World Porifera Database - Species - Spongia equina Schmidt, 1862

Porifera name details

Spongia equina Schmidt, 1862

AphiaID

193620 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193620)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Accepted Name

Hippospongia communis (Lamarck, 1814)

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Hippospongia Schulze, 1879

Parent

Spongia Linnaeus, 1759

Orig. name

Spongia equina Schmidt, 1862

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Subspecies Spongia equina cerebriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Smenospongia cerebriformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (genus transfer and status change)
Subspecies Spongia equina gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Hippospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (genus transfer)
Subspecies Spongia equina meandriniformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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]

Type data

Type locality contained in Adriatic Sea

type locality contained in Adriatic Sea [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Spongia equina Schmidt, 1862. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=193620 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-04-24 15:43:26Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description 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 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): 24 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From other sources

Holotype LMJG [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (13 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records)