World Porifera Database - Species - Pleiomeyenia Mills, 1884

Porifera name details

Pleiomeyenia Mills, 1884

AphiaID

184842 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184842)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Ephydatia Lamouroux, 1816

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Pleiomeyenia calumeticus Mills, 1884 accepted as Ephydatia muelleri (Lieberkühn, 1856) (type by original designation)

Parent

Spongillidae Gray, 1867

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Species Pleiomeyenia calumeticus Mills, 1884 accepted as Ephydatia muelleri (Lieberkühn, 1856) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Pleiomeyenia spinifera Mills, 1884 accepted as Ephydatia muelleri (Lieberkühn, 1856) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Pleiomeyenia walkeri Mills, 1884 accepted as Ephydatia muelleri (Lieberkühn, 1856) (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Mills, H. (1884). Thoughts on the Spongidae, with reference to the American sponges of the freshwater group with some accounts of them in detail. Proceedings of the American Society of Microscopists. 1884: 131-147. [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. Pleiomeyenia Mills, 1884. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=184842 on 2026-02-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2005-12-12 17:12:35Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-02-13 18:41:16Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (2)

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

source of synonymy Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2002). Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater sponges. Pp. 921-1020. In Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. 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]