WoRMS taxon details
Spongites Kützing, 1841
144025 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144025)
accepted
Genus
Paraspora Heydrich, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Spongites absimilis (Foslie & M.Howe) Afonso-Carrillo, 1988
- Species Spongites africana (Foslie) J.Afonso-Carrillo, M.Chacana & M.Sanson, 1993
- Species Spongites colliculosus (Masaki) Maneveldt & Keats, 2016
- Species Spongites discoideus (Foslie) Penrose & Woelkerling, 1988
- Species Spongites fruticulosus Kützing, 1841
- Species Spongites hyperellus (Foslie) D.L.Penrose, 1996
- Species Spongites impar (Foslie) Y.M.Chamberlain, 1994
- Species Spongites sulawesiensis Verheij, 1994
- Species Spongites tunicatus Penrose, 1996
- Species Spongites verruculosus Zeller, 1876
- Species Spongites yendoi (Foslie) Y.M.Chamberlain, 1993
- Species Spongites agariciformis (Pallas) Kützing, 1849 accepted as Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Me.Lemoine, 1928 (synonym)
- Species Spongites byssoides (Lamarck) Kützing, 1869 accepted as Lithophyllum byssoides (Lamarck) Foslie, 1900
- Species Spongites calcareus (Pallas) Kützing, 1849 accepted as Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) W.H.Adey & D.L.McKibbin ex Woelkering & L.M.Irvine, 1986 (synonym)
- Species Spongites confluens Kützing, 1841 accepted as Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi, 1837
- Species Spongites corallioides P.Crouan & H.Crouan, 1852 accepted as Lithothamnion corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) P.Crouan & H.Crouan, 1867
- Species Spongites crassus (Philippi) Kützing, 1869 accepted as Lithophyllum duckerae Woelkerling, 1983 accepted as Lithophyllum racemus (Lamarck) Foslie, 1901
- Species Spongites decipiens (Foslie) Y.M. Chamberlain, 1993 accepted as Chamberlainium decipiens (Foslie) Caragnano, Foetisch, Maneveldt & Payri, 2018
- Species Spongites decussatus Kützing, 1849 accepted as Lithophyllum decussatum (J.Ellis & Solander) Philippi, 1837
- Species Spongites dentatus Kützing, 1841 accepted as Lithophyllum dentatum (Kützing) Foslie, 1898 (synonym)
- Species Spongites fasciculata (Lamarck) Kützing, 1849 accepted as Lithophyllum fasciculatum (Lamarck) Foslie, 1898 (synonym)
- Species Spongites hauckii (Rothpletz) Ballesteros, 1993 accepted as Neogoniolithon mamillosum (Hauck) Setchell & L.R.Mason, 1943
- Species Spongites mamillosa (Hauck) Ballesteros, 1990 accepted as Neogoniolithon mamillosum (Hauck) Setchell & L.R.Mason, 1943
- Species Spongites nodosus Kützing, 1841 accepted as Lithothamnion nodosum (Kützing) Woelkerling, 1985
- Species Spongites notarisii (Dufour) Athanasiadis, 1987 accepted as Neogoniolithon brassica-florida (Harvey) Setchell & L.R.Mason, 1943
- Species Spongites onkodes (Heydrich) Penrose & Woelkerling, 1988 accepted as Porolithon onkodes (Heydrich) Foslie, 1909
- Species Spongites orbiculatus (T.Masaki) Maneveldt & D.W.Keats, 2016 accepted as Dawsoniolithon orbiculatum (T.Masaki) R.A.Townsend & Huisman, 2018 (synonym)
- Species Spongites polymorpha Kützing, 1849 accepted as Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) W.H.Adey & D.L.McKibbin ex Woelkering & L.M.Irvine, 1986 (synonym)
- Species Spongites racemosus Kützing, 1841 accepted as Neogoniolithon racemosum (Kützing) Basso & Rodondi, 2006 (synonym)
- Species Spongites ramulosus (Philippi) Kützing, 1869 accepted as Spongites fruticulosus Kützing, 1841
- Species Spongites reinboldii (Weber-van Bosse & Foslie) Penrose & Woelkering, 1988 accepted as Hydrolithon reinboldii (Weber Bosse & Foslie) Foslie, 1909 accepted as Hydrolithon boergesenii (Foslie) Foslie, 1909
- Species Spongites stalactiticus Kützing, 1841 accepted as Spongites fruticulosus Kützing, 1841 (synonym)
- Species Spongites wildpretii Afonso-Carrillo, 1988 accepted as Harveylithon samoënse (Foslie) A.Rösler, Perfectti, V.Peña & J.C.Braga, 2016 (synonym)
- Species Spongites crustacea Kützing, 1843 (uncertain, uncertain taxonomic status subjected to verification)
- Species Spongites sporolithon Kalugina-Gutnik, Perestenko & Titlyanova, 1992 (uncertain)
marine
Kützing, F. T. (1841). Ueber die "Polypieres calcifères" des Lamouroux. In: Zu der öffentlichen Prüfung sämmtlicher Classen der Realschule zu Nordhausen ... 1841. (Fischer, K.C.F. Eds). pp. [3]-34. [details] 
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8575
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8575 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Spongites Kützing, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144025 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Kützing, F. T. (1841). Ueber die "Polypieres calcifères" des Lamouroux. In: Zu der öffentlichen Prüfung sämmtlicher Classen der Realschule zu Nordhausen ... 1841. (Fischer, K.C.F. Eds). pp. [3]-34. [details] 
basis of record Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, <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. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, <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. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. <em>University of California Publications in Botany.</em> 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [details]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]




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LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8575 [details]
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Japanese | オニガワライシモ属 | [details] |