World Porifera Database - Species - Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) flabellifera (Bowerbank, 1877)

WoRMS name details

Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) flabellifera (Bowerbank, 1877)

AphiaID

345176 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345176)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (reverted)

Accepted name

Polyfibrospongia flabellifera Bowerbank, 1877

Rank

Species

Parent

Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) Bowerbank, 1877 accepted as Polyfibrospongia Bowerbank, 1877

Original name

Polyfibrospongia flabellifera Bowerbank, 1877

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Polyfibrospongia flabellifera Bowerbank, 1877) Bowerbank, J.S. (1877). Descriptions of five new species of sponges discovered by A.B. Meyer on the Philippine Islands and New Guinea. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 456-464.
page(s): 459-460 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) flabellifera (Bowerbank, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345176 on 2025-06-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-05-06 08:34:11Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2023-06-17 14:13:55Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Licensing

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description (of Polyfibrospongia flabellifera Bowerbank, 1877) Bowerbank, J.S. (1877). Descriptions of five new species of sponges discovered by A.B. Meyer on the Philippine Islands and New Guinea. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 456-464.
page(s): 459-460 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 590 [details]