WoRMS name details
Spongia seriata Grant, 1826
193611 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193611)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grant, R.E. (1826). Notice of two new species of British Sponges. <em>Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal.</em> 2: 203-204. [details] 
Type locality contained in North Sea
type locality contained in North Sea [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 seriata Grant, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=193611 on 2026-06-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Grant, R.E. (1826). Notice of two new species of British Sponges. <em>Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal.</em> 2: 203-204. [details]
basis of record Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-816. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_84 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002[2004]). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-815. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-816. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_84 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002[2004]). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-815. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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Howson, C.M.; Chambers, S.J. (1999). <i>Ophlitaspongia</i> and <i>Ophlitaspongia papilla</i> reinstated, and a new species of <i>Ophlitaspongia</i> described (Porifera: Demospongiae: Microcionidae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 79 (4): 609-620., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315498000770
page(s): 612 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 612 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Holotype BMNH 1847.9.7.14 [details]
