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Ephydatia Lamouroux, 1816

Ephydatia fluviatlis in situ SE Netherlands
Ephydatia fluviatlis in situ SE Netherlands

167141  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167141)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Spongillida (Order)
  7. Spongillidae (Family)
  8. Ephydatia (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Clypeatula Peterson & Addis, 2000 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Meyenia Carter, 1881 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pleiomeyenia Mills, 1884 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Trachyspongilla Dybovsky, 1878 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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  1. Species Ephydatia caatingae Nicacio & Pinheiro, 2015
  2. Species Ephydatia chileana Pisera & Sáez, 2003 †
  3. Species Ephydatia facunda Weltner, 1895
  4. Species Ephydatia fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1759)
  5. Species Ephydatia fortis Weltner, 1895
  6. Species Ephydatia fossilis Traxler, 1894 †
  7. Species Ephydatia gutenbergiana (Müller, Zahn & Maidhoff, 1982) †
  8. Species Ephydatia japonica (Hilgendorf, 1882)
  9. Species Ephydatia kaiseri Rauff, 1926 †
  10. Species Ephydatia meyeni (Carter, 1849)
  11. Species Ephydatia millsii (Potts, 1888)
  12. Species Ephydatia muelleri (Lieberkühn, 1856)
  13. Species Ephydatia ramsayi (Haswell, 1883)
  14. Species Ephydatia robusta (Potts, 1888)
  15. Species Ephydatia subtilis Weltner, 1895
  16. Species Ephydatia syriaca Topsent, 1910
  17. Species Ephydatia amphizona Vejdovsky, 1883 accepted as Ephydatia muelleri (Lieberkühn, 1856) (junior synonym)
  18. Species Ephydatia anonyma (Carter, 1881) accepted as Trochospongilla anonyma (Carter, 1881)
  19. Species Ephydatia blembingia Evans, 1901 accepted as Umborotula bogorensis (Weber, 1890) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  20. Species Ephydatia bogorensis Weber, 1890 accepted as Umborotula bogorensis (Weber, 1890) (genus transfer)
  21. Species Ephydatia bohemica Petr, 1886 accepted as Heteromeyenia stepanowii (Dybowski, 1884) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  22. Species Ephydatia brouni Kirkpatrick, 1906 accepted as Dosilia brouni (Kirkpatrick, 1906) (genus transfer)
  23. Species Ephydatia cantonensis Gee, 1929 accepted as Radiospongilla cantonensis (Gee, 1929) (genus transfer)
  24. Species Ephydatia crateriformis (Potts, 1882) accepted as Radiospongilla crateriformis (Potts, 1882) (genus transfer)
  25. Species Ephydatia goriaevii Swartschewsky, 1901 accepted as Ephydatia fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1759) (junior synonym)
  26. Species Ephydatia indica Annandale, 1907 accepted as Radiospongilla indica (Annandale, 1907) (genus transfer)
  27. Species Ephydatia kakahuensis Traxler, 1896 accepted as Heterorotula kakahuensis (Traxler, 1896) (genus transfer)
  28. Species Ephydatia lacustris (Linnaeus, 1759) accepted as Spongilla lacustris (Linnaeus, 1759) (genus transfer)
  29. Species Ephydatia lendenfeldi Traxler, 1896 accepted as Heterorotula multidentata (Weltner, 1895) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  30. Species Ephydatia multidentata (Weltner, 1895) accepted as Heterorotula multidentata (Weltner, 1895)
  31. Species Ephydatia multiformis Weltner, 1910 accepted as Heterorotula multiformis (Weltner, 1910) (genus transfer)
  32. Species Ephydatia obtusosclera Kozhoff, 1925 accepted as Ephydatia muelleri (Lieberkühn, 1856) (junior synonym)
  33. Species Ephydatia semispongilla Annandale, 1909 accepted as Radiospongilla cerebellata (Bowerbank, 1863) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  34. Species Ephydatia sibirica Kozhoff, 1925 accepted as Ephydatia muelleri (Lieberkühn, 1856) (junior synonym)
  35. Species Ephydatia solida Kozhoff, 1925 accepted as Ephydatia muelleri (Lieberkühn, 1856) (junior synonym)
  36. Species Ephydatia subdivisa (Potts, 1888) accepted as Ephydatia robusta (Potts, 1888) (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. <em>F. Poisson, Caen.</em> i-lxxxiv, 1-558, pls. I-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11606092 [details] OpenAccess publication
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. Ephydatia Lamouroux, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167141 on 2026-02-18
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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2008-08-08 08:42:26Z
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Manconi, Renata
2010-06-06 18:55:09Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2020-10-23 07:39:41Z
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Boury-Esnault, Nicole
2020-12-17 10:11:20Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2021-01-07 15:28:55Z
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Manconi, Renata

original description Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. <em>F. Poisson, Caen.</em> i-lxxxiv, 1-558, pls. I-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11606092 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Meyenia Carter, 1881) Carter, H.J. (1881). History and Classification of the known Species of <i>Spongilla</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 7(38): 77-107,pls V-VI., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938109459483
page(s): 90 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pleiomeyenia Mills, 1884) Mills, H. (1884). Thoughts on the Spongidae, with reference to the American sponges of the freshwater group with some accounts of them in detail. <em>Proceedings of the American Society of Microscopists.</em> 1884: 131-147. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Clypeatula Peterson & Addis, 2000) Peterson, K.J.; Addis, J.S. (2000). <i>Clypeatula cooperensis</i> gen.n., sp.n., a new freshwater sponge (Porifera, Spongillidae) from the Rocky Mountains of Montana, USA. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 29(3): 265-274., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6409.2000.00044.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2002 [2004]). Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater sponges. Pp. 921-1020. <em>In Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Penney, J.T.; Racek, A.A. (1968). Comprehensive revision of a worldwide collection of freshwater sponges (Porifera: Spongillidae). <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 272: 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.272.1
page(s): 80-82 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2002). Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater sponges. Pp. 921-1020. <em>In Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_97 [details] Full text PDF

additional source Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2009). Atlas of African freshwater sponges. <em>Studies in Afrotropical Zoology, Tervuren, Royal Museum for Central Africa.</em> 295, 1-214. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy (of Pleiomeyenia Mills, 1884) Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2002). Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater sponges. Pp. 921-1020. <em>In Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_97
page(s): 936 [details] Full text PDF
 
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