WoRMS taxon details
Placospongia Gray, 1867
132044 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132044)
accepted
Genus
Placospongia melobesioides Gray, 1867 (type by original designation)
Physcaphora Hanitsch, 1895 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Placospongia amphinolastra Sandes, Moraes & Muricy, 2024
- Species Placospongia anthosigma (Tanita & Hoshino, 1989)
- Species Placospongia beatrizae Sandes, Moraes & Muricy, 2024
- Species Placospongia caribica Rützler, Piantoni, Van Soest & Díaz, 2014
- Species Placospongia carinata (Bowerbank, 1858)
- Species Placospongia colombiensis David-Colón, Zea & Marín-Casa, 2023
- Species Placospongia cristata Boury-Esnault, 1973
- Species Placospongia decorticans (Hanitsch, 1895)
- Species Placospongia giseleae Mácola & Menegola, 2021
- Species Placospongia intermedia Sollas, 1888
- Species Placospongia melobesioides Gray, 1867
- Species Placospongia mixta Thiele, 1900
- Species Placospongia ruetzleri Van Soest, 2017
- Species Placospongia santodomingoae Becking, 2013
- Species Placospongia soesti David-Colón, Zea & Marín-Casa, 2023
- Species Placospongia graeffei Lendenfeld, 1898 accepted as Placospongia decorticans (Hanitsch, 1895) (junior synonym)
- Species Placospongia labyrinthica Kirkpatrick, 1903 accepted as Geodia labyrinthica (Kirkpatrick, 1903) (genus transfer)
- Species Placospongia melobesioides sensu Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Placospongia cristata Boury-Esnault, 1973 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Gray, J.E. (1867). On <i>Placospongia</i>, a new generic form of Spongiadae in the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 127-129.
page(s): 128 [details]
page(s): 128 [details]
Homonymy This is a senior synonym of Placospongia Wu Xi-chun, 1989 (fossil Hexactinellida, Lyssacinosida, Keriogastrospongiidae)....
Homonymy This is a senior synonym of Placospongia Wu Xi-chun, 1989 (fossil Hexactinellida, Lyssacinosida, Keriogastrospongiidae). The fossil genus name needs to be replaced. [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. Placospongia Gray, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132044 on 2024-11-01
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original description
Gray, J.E. (1867). On <i>Placospongia</i>, a new generic form of Spongiadae in the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 127-129.
page(s): 128 [details]
original description (of Physcaphora Hanitsch, 1895) Hanitsch, R. (1895). Notes on a Collection of Sponges from the West Coast of Portugal. <em>Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society.</em> 9:205-219, pls xii-xii. [details]
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Placospongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 196-200. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Becking, L.E. (2013). Revision of the genus <i>Placospongia</i> (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hadromerida, Placospongiidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 298: 39-76., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.298.1913
page(s): 46 [details]
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Placospongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 196-200. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vosmaer, G.C.J.; Vernhout, J.H. (1902). The Porifera of the Siboga-Expedition. I. The genus <i>Placospongia</i>. <i>In</i>: Weber, M. (Ed.), Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op zoologisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-lndië 1899-1900aan boord H.M. ‘Siboga' onder commando van Luitenant ter Zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydeman. 9 (Monographie VIa) (E.J. Brill, Leiden): 1-17, pls. 1-V. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]
page(s): 128 [details]
original description (of Physcaphora Hanitsch, 1895) Hanitsch, R. (1895). Notes on a Collection of Sponges from the West Coast of Portugal. <em>Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society.</em> 9:205-219, pls xii-xii. [details]
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Placospongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 196-200. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Becking, L.E. (2013). Revision of the genus <i>Placospongia</i> (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hadromerida, Placospongiidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 298: 39-76., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.298.1913
page(s): 46 [details]
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Placospongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 196-200. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vosmaer, G.C.J.; Vernhout, J.H. (1902). The Porifera of the Siboga-Expedition. I. The genus <i>Placospongia</i>. <i>In</i>: Weber, M. (Ed.), Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op zoologisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-lndië 1899-1900aan boord H.M. ‘Siboga' onder commando van Luitenant ter Zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydeman. 9 (Monographie VIa) (E.J. Brill, Leiden): 1-17, pls. 1-V. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]
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Homonymy This is a senior synonym of Placospongia Wu Xi-chun, 1989 (fossil Hexactinellida, Lyssacinosida, Keriogastrospongiidae). The fossil genus name needs to be replaced. [details]
