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Porifera name details

Spongia rigida Esper, 1794

193852  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193852)

 unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 247-248, pl. XXVII [details]   
Homonymy This combination is a senior primary homonym of Spongia rigida Montagu, 1814.  
Homonymy This combination is a senior primary homonym of Spongia rigida Montagu, 1814. [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. Spongia rigida Esper, 1794. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=193852 on 2024-04-19
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2005-12-18 15:00:44Z
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original description Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 247-248, pl. XXVII [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. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 51 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
From editor or global species database
Homonymy This combination is a senior primary homonym of Spongia rigida Montagu, 1814. [details]

Identification Spongia rigida Esper, 1794 (pl. XXVII figs 1–2) was described unrecognizably by Esper, its origin was not known by him, and no type material survived. Nevertheless, Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) (p. 61, pl. XII fig. 1) recognized Esper's description and illustration, and redescribed it from freshly collected and dried material as Luffaria rigida. Wiedenmayer (1977) (p. 77) described Bahamas specimen under the mistaken name Verongula ardis De Laubenfels, 1936. Klaus Rützler found this to be Aiolochroia crassa). Van Soest (1978) (p. 67) subsequently honored Duchassaing & Michelotti's (1864) redescription by renaming the species as Verongula rigida (Esper, 1794). [details]


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