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AfReMaS taxon details
Spheciospongia capensis
(Carter, 1882)
AphiaID
170530
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170530)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Heteroscleromorpha
(Subclass)
Clionaida
(Order)
Clionaidae
(Family)
Spheciospongia
(Genus)
Spheciospongia capensis
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Spheciospongia
Marshall, 1892
Original name
Suberites capensis
Carter, 1882
Synonymised names
Suberites capensis
Carter, 1882
·
unaccepted
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Original description
(of
Suberites capensis
Carter, 1882
)
Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII.
,
available online at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
[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. (2025). World Porifera Database.
Spheciospongia capensis
(Carter, 1882). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170530 on 2026-05-04
Regional species database citation
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species.
Spheciospongia capensis
(Carter, 1882). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170530 on 2026-05-04
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
created
db_admin
2006-11-17 19:35:29Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (0)
Attributes (5)
Links (1)
original description
(of
Suberites capensis
Carter, 1882
)
Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII.
,
available online at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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(from synonym
Suberites capensis
Carter, 1882
)
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