WoRMS name details
Spongia stuposa Esper, 1794
132421 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132421)
unaccepted (genus transfer and preoccupied)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 265-266 [details]
page(s): 265-266 [details]
Holotype
Holotype [details]
Homonymy This is a junior homonym of Spongia stuposa Ellis & Solander, 1786, now accepted as Stelligera stuposa. However, since both...
Homonymy This is a junior homonym of Spongia stuposa Ellis & Solander, 1786, now accepted as Stelligera stuposa. However, since both are primary homonyms, the present situation violates art. 57.2 of the Code of Zoological Nomenclature (the junior homonym is permanently invalid). This means that the species Ulosa stuposa needs to be renamed. The next available junior synonym is Chalina digitata Schmidt, 1866, which is accepted as Uosa digitata (cf. Van Soest et al. 2020). [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Spongia stuposa Esper, 1794. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132421 on 2026-09-08
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Nomenclature
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Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 265-266 [details]
basis of record Topsent, E. (1920). Sur quelques éponges du cabinet de J. Hermann décrites et figurées par Esper en 1794. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 45: 314-327.
page(s): 325-326 [details]
page(s): 265-266 [details]
basis of record Topsent, E. (1920). Sur quelques éponges du cabinet de J. Hermann décrites et figurées par Esper en 1794. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 45: 314-327.
page(s): 325-326 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors
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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]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 656-664. <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 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002). Family Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 656-664. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)'. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_71 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 656-664. <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 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002). Family Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 656-664. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)'. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_71 [details] Available for editors
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Homonymy This is a junior homonym of Spongia stuposa Ellis & Solander, 1786, now accepted as Stelligera stuposa. However, since both are primary homonyms, the present situation violates art. 57.2 of the Code of Zoological Nomenclature (the junior homonym is permanently invalid). This means that the species Ulosa stuposa needs to be renamed. The next available junior synonym is Chalina digitata Schmidt, 1866, which is accepted as Uosa digitata (cf. Van Soest et al. 2020). [details]
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