WoRMS name details
Spongosorites variabilis Whitelegge, 1907
193979 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193979)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Whitelegge, T. (1907). Sponges. Part I. - Addenda. Part II. Monaxonida continued. <i>In</i>: Scientific Results of the Trawling Expedition of H.M.C.S. ‘Thetis' off the Coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. <em>Memoirs of the Australian Museum.</em> 4(10): 487-515., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1967.4.1907.1506
page(s): 513-514 [details]
page(s): 513-514 [details]
Type locality contained in Cape Howe
type locality contained in Cape Howe [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. Spongosorites variabilis Whitelegge, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=193979 on 2026-09-27
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
Whitelegge, T. (1907). Sponges. Part I. - Addenda. Part II. Monaxonida continued. <i>In</i>: Scientific Results of the Trawling Expedition of H.M.C.S. ‘Thetis' off the Coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. <em>Memoirs of the Australian Museum.</em> 4(10): 487-515., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1967.4.1907.1506
page(s): 513-514 [details]
basis of record Alvarez, B.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Axinellidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 724-747. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) <i>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Alvarez, B.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Axinellidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 724-747. <em>In:</em> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) <em>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</em>. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_80 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 513-514 [details]
basis of record Alvarez, B.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Axinellidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 724-747. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) <i>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Alvarez, B.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Axinellidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 724-747. <em>In:</em> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) <em>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</em>. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_80 [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Holotype lost [details]