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Euspongia officinalis (Linnaeus, 1759)

194718  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:194718)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Keratosa (Subclass)
  6. Dictyoceratida (Order)
  7. Spongiidae (Family)
  8. Euspongia (Genus)
  9. Euspongia officinalis (Species)
 unaccepted (genus transfer)
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  1. Variety Euspongia officinalis var. adriatica (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
  2. Variety Euspongia officinalis var. arabica (Keller, 1889) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) arabica Keller, 1889
  3. Variety Euspongia officinalis var. cavernosa Ridley, 1884 accepted as Hippospongia fistulosa Lendenfeld, 1889 (genus transfer & junior homonym)
  4. Variety Euspongia officinalis var. ceylonensis Dendy, 1905 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) ceylonensis (Dendy, 1905)
  5. Variety Euspongia officinalis var. dura Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) lignea Hyatt, 1877 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  6. Variety Euspongia officinalis var. exigua Schulze, 1879 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  7. Variety Euspongia officinalis var. irregularis Schulze, 1879 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) officinalis var. irregularis (Schulze, 1879) (genus transfer)
  8. Variety Euspongia officinalis var. lamella Schulze, 1879 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) lamella (Schulze, 1879) (genus transfer and rank elevation)
  9. Variety Euspongia officinalis var. lobosa Poléjaeff, 1884 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) lobosa (Poléjaeff, 1884) (genus transfer and status change)
  10. Variety Euspongia officinalis var. mollissima (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) mollissima Schmidt, 1862
  11. Variety Euspongia officinalis var. nitens (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) nitens (Schmidt, 1862)
  12. Variety Euspongia officinalis var. perforata Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) perforata (Lendenfeld, 1889) (genus transfer and status change)
  13. Variety Euspongia officinalis var. rotunda (Hyatt, 1877) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 (unavailable name)
  14. Variety Euspongia officinalis var. spinosa Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) spinosa (Lendenfeld, 1889) (genus transfer and status change)
  15. Variety Euspongia officinalis var. tubulifera (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814
  16. Variety Euspongia officinalis var. tubulosa Schulze, 1879 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) virgultosa (Schmidt, 1868) (genus transfer, junior synonym and preoccupied)
  17. Variety Euspongia officinalis var. usitatissima (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) usitatissima Lamarck, 1814
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267
page(s): 1348 [details] OpenAccess publication
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. Euspongia officinalis (Linnaeus, 1759). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=194718 on 2025-04-29
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2005-12-17 18:39:48Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-01-14 16:18:44Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2016-03-20 13:13:14Z
changed
Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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Nomenclature

original description (of Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267
page(s): 1348 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 262-266 [details] 

Other

additional source Reyss, D. (1964). Contribution à l'étude du Rech Lacaze-Duthiers, vallée sous-marine des côtes du Rousillon. <em>Vie & Milieu.</em> 15, 1-46.
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12.
page(s): 125-130 [details] OpenAccess publication

 
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