WoRMS taxon details
Amphimedon nodosa (Linnaeus, 1759)
1814728 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1814728)
accepted
Species
Amphimedon arborescens (Lamarck, 1814) sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Amphimedon arborescens var. ensiformis Duchassing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Amphimedon rubens (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Ceraochalina arborescens Topsent, 1932 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Chalina rubens (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Haliclona (Amphimedon) compressa (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Haliclona rubens (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Pachychalina rubens (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia arborescens var. gamma Lamarck, 1814 · unaccepted (genus transfer and homonym)
Spongia nodosa Linnaeus, 1759 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia rubens Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia rubens sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
(of Spongia nodosa Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267 [details] 
Neotype (of Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing &...
Lectotype (of Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) ZMA Por. 00863, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Neotype (of Spongia nodosa Linnaeus, 1759) RMNH POR.11886, geounit Eastern Caribbean [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. Amphimedon nodosa (Linnaeus, 1759). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1814728 on 2026-07-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11943
page(s): 78-79; pl XVII fig 2 [details]
original description (of Spongia arborescens var. gamma Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 446 [details]
original description (of Spongia rubens sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11943
page(s): 41; pl X fig 1 [details]
original description (of Spongia rubens Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 389-390 [details]
original description (of Spongia nodosa Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267 [details]
original description (of Amphimedon arborescens var. ensiformis Duchassing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11943
page(s): 79 [details]
original description (of Amphimedon arborescens (Lamarck, 1814) sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11943
page(s): 79; pl XIV fig 2 [details]
original description (of Ceraochalina arborescens Topsent, 1932) Topsent, E. (1932). Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Deuxième partie. <em>Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Paris.</em> (6) 8: 61-124, pls I-VI.
page(s): 104-106 [details] Available for editors
[request]
new combination reference Van Soest, R.W.M. (2025). Typification of Porifera described in the 10th edition of Linnaeus' Systema Naturae, volume II, 1759. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5638(1): 1-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5638.1.1
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 78-79; pl XVII fig 2 [details]
original description (of Spongia arborescens var. gamma Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 446 [details]
original description (of Spongia rubens sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11943
page(s): 41; pl X fig 1 [details]
original description (of Spongia rubens Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 389-390 [details]
original description (of Spongia nodosa Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267 [details]
original description (of Amphimedon arborescens var. ensiformis Duchassing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11943
page(s): 79 [details]
original description (of Amphimedon arborescens (Lamarck, 1814) sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11943
page(s): 79; pl XIV fig 2 [details]
original description (of Ceraochalina arborescens Topsent, 1932) Topsent, E. (1932). Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Deuxième partie. <em>Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Paris.</em> (6) 8: 61-124, pls I-VI.
page(s): 104-106 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Van Soest, R.W.M. (2025). Typification of Porifera described in the 10th edition of Linnaeus' Systema Naturae, volume II, 1759. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5638(1): 1-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5638.1.1
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) ZMA Por. 00863, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Neotype (of Spongia nodosa Linnaeus, 1759) RMNH POR.11886, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Paralectotype (of Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 35, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy See Van Soest, 2025: 17 for a detailed history and synonymy of this common Caribbean species. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | red sponge [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Roter Geweihschwamm [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (67 barcodes) (from synonym Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Haliclona rubens (Pallas, 1766))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Spongia arborescens var. gamma Lamarck, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Spongia rubens sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Spongia rubens Pallas, 1766)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Amphimedon arborescens (Lamarck, 1814) sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphimedon compressa) (from synonym Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haliclona rubens) (from synonym Haliclona rubens (Pallas, 1766))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Haliclona rubens (Pallas, 1766))
To GenBank (88 nucleotides; 99 proteins) (from synonym Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To The Sponge Guide (from synonym Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Amphimedon arborescens (Lamarck, 1814) sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (24 records) (from synonym Haliclona (Amphimedon) compressa (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Pachychalina rubens (Pallas, 1766))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (34 records) (from synonym Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (7 records) (from synonym Haliclona rubens (Pallas, 1766))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (9 records) (from synonym Amphimedon rubens (Pallas, 1766))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 004897.PRB) (from synonym Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Haliclona rubens (Pallas, 1766))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Spongia arborescens var. gamma Lamarck, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Spongia rubens sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Spongia rubens Pallas, 1766)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Amphimedon arborescens (Lamarck, 1814) sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphimedon compressa) (from synonym Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haliclona rubens) (from synonym Haliclona rubens (Pallas, 1766))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Haliclona rubens (Pallas, 1766))
To GenBank (88 nucleotides; 99 proteins) (from synonym Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To The Sponge Guide (from synonym Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Amphimedon arborescens (Lamarck, 1814) sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (24 records) (from synonym Haliclona (Amphimedon) compressa (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Pachychalina rubens (Pallas, 1766))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (34 records) (from synonym Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (7 records) (from synonym Haliclona rubens (Pallas, 1766))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (9 records) (from synonym Amphimedon rubens (Pallas, 1766))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 004897.PRB) (from synonym Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
