WoRMS name details
Spongia panicea sensu Esper, 1794
193846 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193846)
unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
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): 224-226 [details]
page(s): 224-226 [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. (2026). World Porifera Database. Spongia panicea sensu Esper, 1794. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=193846 on 2026-02-19
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 224-226 [details]
page(s): 224-226 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60).
page(s): 191 [details]
page(s): 191 [details]
From editor or global species database
Identification Haeckel (1872, vol II, p. 191) suggested that Esper's specimen is not Halichondria panicea but conforms to >i>Leucandra aspera. Esper's plate is indeed unlike Halichondria panicea and he admits in his description (p. 224-225) that his speicmen is very different from Pallas' examples. In the absence of any remaining material, Haeckel's guess (which is also written in pencil on the plate (pl. XVIII) of the volume provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library) is here adopted. [details]
