WoRMS taxon details
Petrosia (Petrosia) clavata (Esper, 1794)
166827 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166827)
accepted
Species
Petrosia clavata (Esper, 1794) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Petrosia ficiformis var. clavata Esper, 1794 · unaccepted
Schmidtia clavata (Esper, 1794) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia clavata Esper, 1794 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spongia clavata Esper, 1794) 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): 226-227, plate XIX [details]
page(s): 226-227, plate XIX [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. Petrosia (Petrosia) clavata (Esper, 1794). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166827 on 2026-08-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spongia clavata Esper, 1794) 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): 226-227, plate XIX [details]
page(s): 226-227, plate XIX [details]
Other
additional source
Costa, G.; Giussani, V.; Kletou, D.; Kleitou, P.; Pansini, M.; Setti, A.; Pronzato, R.; Bertolino, M. (2018). A first preliminary study of the shallow water sponge fauna from Cyprus Island (Eastern Mediterranean). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4450(5): 594., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4450.5.7
page(s): 595 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 595 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type (of Spongia clavata Esper, 1794) [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Spongia clavata Esper, 1794)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Petrosia clavata (Esper, 1794))
To PESI (from synonym Petrosia clavata (Esper, 1794))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Spongia clavata Esper, 1794)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Petrosia clavata (Esper, 1794))
To PESI (from synonym Petrosia clavata (Esper, 1794))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Spongia clavata Esper, 1794)
