Porifera taxon details
Spheciospongia digitata (Dendy, 1887)
1732114 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1732114)
accepted
Species
Spheciospongia inconstans var. digitata (Dendy, 1887) · unaccepted (status change)
Spirastrella inconstans var. digitata (Dendy, 1887) · unaccepted (genus transfer and status change)
Spirastrella purpurea tubulifera Vosmaer, 1811 · unaccepted (unavailable name)
Suberites inconstans var. digitata Dendy, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and status change)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Suberites inconstans var. digitata Dendy, 1887) Dendy, A. (1887). The Sponge-fauna of Madras. A Report on a Collection of Sponges obtained in the Neighbourhood of Madras by Edgar Thurston, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 20(117):153-165, pls IX-XII.
page(s): 155-156 [details]
page(s): 155-156 [details]
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Lectotype (of Suberites inconstans var. digitata Dendy,...
Lectotype (of Suberites inconstans var. digitata Dendy, 1887) BMNH 1887.8.4.3, geounit South India and Sri Lanka [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. Spheciospongia digitata (Dendy, 1887). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1732114 on 2024-08-18
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(of Suberites inconstans var. digitata Dendy, 1887) Dendy, A. (1887). The Sponge-fauna of Madras. A Report on a Collection of Sponges obtained in the Neighbourhood of Madras by Edgar Thurston, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 20(117):153-165, pls IX-XII.
page(s): 155-156 [details]
original description (of Spirastrella purpurea tubulifera Vosmaer, 1811) Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1911). The Porifera of the <i>Siboga</i>-expedition: 2. The genus <i>Spirastrella</i>. <i><i>Siboga</i>-Expeditie: uitkomsten op zoölogisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. <i>Siboga</i> onder commando van Luitenant ter Zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydeman</i>, VIa(1). E.J. Brill: Leyden, The Netherlands. 69, plates I-XIV pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 26 [details]
basis of record (of Suberites inconstans var. digitata Dendy, 1887) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 77 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record (of Spirastrella inconstans var. digitata (Dendy, 1887)) Lévi, C. (1961). Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la 'Calypso'. Campagne 1954 dans l'Océan Indien (suite). 2. Les spongiaires de l'Ile Aldabra. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 39: 1-32, pls 1-2.
page(s): 13-14 [details] Available for editors
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additional source (of Spheciospongia inconstans var. digitata (Dendy, 1887)) Pereira, P.; Raghunathan, C. (2023). Descriptions of poorly known marine sponges (Phylum Porifera) from the Andaman Islands India with notes on their ecology. <em>Records of the Zological Survey of India, Special Volume.</em> 123 (iS2): 279-306.
page(s): 287 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 155-156 [details]
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original description (of Spirastrella purpurea tubulifera Vosmaer, 1811) Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1911). The Porifera of the <i>Siboga</i>-expedition: 2. The genus <i>Spirastrella</i>. <i><i>Siboga</i>-Expeditie: uitkomsten op zoölogisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. <i>Siboga</i> onder commando van Luitenant ter Zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydeman</i>, VIa(1). E.J. Brill: Leyden, The Netherlands. 69, plates I-XIV pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 26 [details]
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basis of record (of Suberites inconstans var. digitata Dendy, 1887) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 77 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record (of Spirastrella inconstans var. digitata (Dendy, 1887)) Lévi, C. (1961). Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la 'Calypso'. Campagne 1954 dans l'Océan Indien (suite). 2. Les spongiaires de l'Ile Aldabra. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 39: 1-32, pls 1-2.
page(s): 13-14 [details] Available for editors
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additional source (of Spheciospongia inconstans var. digitata (Dendy, 1887)) Pereira, P.; Raghunathan, C. (2023). Descriptions of poorly known marine sponges (Phylum Porifera) from the Andaman Islands India with notes on their ecology. <em>Records of the Zological Survey of India, Special Volume.</em> 123 (iS2): 279-306.
page(s): 287 [details] Available for editors
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Lectotype (of Suberites inconstans var. digitata Dendy, 1887) BMNH 1887.8.4.3, geounit South India and Sri Lanka [details]
Paralectotype (of Suberites inconstans var. digitata Dendy, 1887) BMNH 1887.8.4.4, geounit South India and Sri Lanka [details]