WoRMS taxon details
Psammocinia vesiculifera (Poléjaeff, 1884)
165078 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165078)
accepted
Species
Cacospongia vesiculifera Poléjaeff, 1884 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Hircinia (Psammocinia) rugosa Lendenfeld, 1889 · unaccepted
Hircinia (Psammocinia) tenella Lendenfeld, 1889 · unaccepted
Hircinia (Psammocinia) vallata Lendenfeld, 1889 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Hircinia rugosa Lendenfeld, 1889 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Hircinia tenella Lendenfeld, 1889 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Hircinia vallata Lendenfeld, 1889 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Hircinia vallata Dendy, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Ircinia funiculata Pulitzer-Finali, 1982 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Ircinia vallata (Dendy, 1887) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Polyfibrospongia vesiculifera (Poléjaeff, 1884) · unaccepted
Stelospongia vesiculifera (Poléjaeff, 1884) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cacospongia vesiculifera Poléjaeff, 1884) Poléjaeff, N. (1884). Report on the Keratosa collected by H.M.S.‘Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 11 (part 31), 1–88, pl. 1-10., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-31/README.htm
page(s): 58-59 [details]
page(s): 58-59 [details]
Lectotype (of Cacospongia vesiculifera Poléjaeff,...
Holotype (of Cacospongia vesiculifera Poléjaeff, 1884) BMNH 1885.8.8.28, geounit Manning-Hawkesbury [details]
Lectotype (of Hircinia vallata Dendy, 1887) BMNH 1887.8.24.1, geounit Eastern India [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Psammocinia vesiculifera (Poléjaeff, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165078 on 2025-11-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ircinia funiculata Pulitzer-Finali, 1982) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1982 [1980-1981]). Some new or little-known sponges from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. <em>Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universitá di Genova.</em> 48-49: 87-141.
page(s): 133-135 [details]
original description (of Hircinia (Psammocinia) vallata Lendenfeld, 1889) 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): 581-582 [details]
original description (of Hircinia vallata 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): 163-164 [details]
original description (of Hircinia (Psammocinia) rugosa Lendenfeld, 1889) 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): 582-583 [details]
original description (of Cacospongia vesiculifera Poléjaeff, 1884) Poléjaeff, N. (1884). Report on the Keratosa collected by H.M.S.‘Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 11 (part 31), 1–88, pl. 1-10., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-31/README.htm
page(s): 58-59 [details]
original description (of Hircinia (Psammocinia) tenella Lendenfeld, 1889) 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): 580-581 [details]
page(s): 133-135 [details]
original description (of Hircinia (Psammocinia) vallata Lendenfeld, 1889) 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): 581-582 [details]
original description (of Hircinia vallata 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): 163-164 [details]
original description (of Hircinia (Psammocinia) rugosa Lendenfeld, 1889) 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): 582-583 [details]
original description (of Cacospongia vesiculifera Poléjaeff, 1884) Poléjaeff, N. (1884). Report on the Keratosa collected by H.M.S.‘Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 11 (part 31), 1–88, pl. 1-10., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-31/README.htm
page(s): 58-59 [details]
original description (of Hircinia (Psammocinia) tenella Lendenfeld, 1889) 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): 580-581 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (1998). Revision of the genus <i>Psammocinia</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida), with six new species from New Zealand. <em>New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 32: 399-426.
page(s): 400-403 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 400-403 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Cacospongia vesiculifera Poléjaeff, 1884) BMNH 1885.8.8.28, geounit Manning-Hawkesbury [details]
Lectotype (of Hircinia vallata Dendy, 1887) BMNH 1887.8.24.1, geounit Eastern India [details]
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Ircinia vallata (Dendy, 1887))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hircinia tenella Lendenfeld, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hircinia rugosa Lendenfeld, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Hircinia vallata Lendenfeld, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Hircinia vallata Dendy, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cacospongia vesiculifera Poléjaeff, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hircinia tenella Lendenfeld, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hircinia rugosa Lendenfeld, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Hircinia vallata Lendenfeld, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Hircinia vallata Dendy, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cacospongia vesiculifera Poléjaeff, 1884)
