MSBIAS taxon details
Leucosolenia complicata (Montagu, 1814)
132219 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132219)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Montagu, G. (1814 [1818]). An Essay on Sponges, with Descriptions of all the Species that have been discovered on the Coast of Great Britain. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 2(1): 67-122, pls III-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45847761
page(s): 97-98 [details]
page(s): 97-98 [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. Leucosolenia complicata (Montagu, 1814). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132219 on 2026-02-19
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Leucosolenia complicata (Montagu, 1814). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132219 on 2026-02-19
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(of ) Montagu, G. (1814 [1818]). An Essay on Sponges, with Descriptions of all the Species that have been discovered on the Coast of Great Britain. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 2(1): 67-122, pls III-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45847761
page(s): 97-98 [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). <em>A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society.</em> 1-175.
page(s): 43 [details]
additional source Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls.
page(s): 81 [details] Available for editors
additional source Borojevic, R.; Cabioch, L.; Lévi, C. (1968). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. <em>Éditions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.</em> pp. 1-44., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/images/stories/sbr/observation/documents/spongiaires.pdf
page(s): 33 [details] Available for editors
additional source Burton, M. (1930). Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1930.tb00989.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Stephens, J. (1912). A Biological Survey of Clare Island in the County of Mayo, Ireland and the Adjoining District. Marine Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 31 (Section 3, Part 59): 1-42.
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1932). Remarques sur des Eponges de l'estuaire de la Rance. <em>Bulletin du Laboratoire maritime du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Saint-Servan.</em> 8: 1-7.
page(s): 1 [details]
additional source Topsent, E.; Olivier, L. (1943). Eponges observées dans les parages de Monaco (fin). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 854: 1-12.
page(s): 11 [details]
additional source Ferrer Hernández, F. (1912). Notas sobre algunas esponjas de Santander. <em>Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural de Madrid.</em> 12: 573-588.
page(s): 580 [details]
additional source Stephens, J. (1917). Report on the sponges collected off the coasts of Ireland by the dredging expeditions of the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Dublin Society. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 34 (B): 1-16.
page(s): 2 [details]
additional source Hôzawa, S. (1940). Reports on the calcareous sponges obtained by the Zoological Institute and Museum of Hamburg. <em>Science Reports of the Tôhoku Imperial University.</em> 15: 131-163. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ferrer Hernández, F. (1914). Esponjas del Cantábrico. <em>Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Zoológica).</em> 14: 1-36.
page(s): 11-12 [details]
additional source Rapp, H.T. (2015). A monograph of the calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) of Greenland. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 95 (7), 1395-1459., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315413001070
page(s): 1412-1414 [details] Available for editors
additional source Solórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. <em>Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 1036 pp.
page(s): 117-120; Lám. 2a [details] Available for editors
page(s): 97-98 [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). <em>A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society.</em> 1-175.
page(s): 43 [details]
additional source Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls.
page(s): 81 [details] Available for editors
additional source Borojevic, R.; Cabioch, L.; Lévi, C. (1968). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. <em>Éditions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.</em> pp. 1-44., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/images/stories/sbr/observation/documents/spongiaires.pdf
page(s): 33 [details] Available for editors
additional source Burton, M. (1930). Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1930.tb00989.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Stephens, J. (1912). A Biological Survey of Clare Island in the County of Mayo, Ireland and the Adjoining District. Marine Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 31 (Section 3, Part 59): 1-42.
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1932). Remarques sur des Eponges de l'estuaire de la Rance. <em>Bulletin du Laboratoire maritime du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Saint-Servan.</em> 8: 1-7.
page(s): 1 [details]
additional source Topsent, E.; Olivier, L. (1943). Eponges observées dans les parages de Monaco (fin). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 854: 1-12.
page(s): 11 [details]
additional source Ferrer Hernández, F. (1912). Notas sobre algunas esponjas de Santander. <em>Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural de Madrid.</em> 12: 573-588.
page(s): 580 [details]
additional source Stephens, J. (1917). Report on the sponges collected off the coasts of Ireland by the dredging expeditions of the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Dublin Society. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 34 (B): 1-16.
page(s): 2 [details]
additional source Hôzawa, S. (1940). Reports on the calcareous sponges obtained by the Zoological Institute and Museum of Hamburg. <em>Science Reports of the Tôhoku Imperial University.</em> 15: 131-163. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ferrer Hernández, F. (1914). Esponjas del Cantábrico. <em>Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Zoológica).</em> 14: 1-36.
page(s): 11-12 [details]
additional source Rapp, H.T. (2015). A monograph of the calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) of Greenland. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 95 (7), 1395-1459., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315413001070
page(s): 1412-1414 [details] Available for editors
additional source Solórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. <em>Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 1036 pp.
page(s): 117-120; Lám. 2a [details] Available for editors
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