World Porifera Database - Species - Spongia fibrillosa Pallas, 1766

WoRMS name details

Spongia fibrillosa Pallas, 1766

AphiaID

193586 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193586)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum

Rank

Species

Parent

Spongia Linnaeus, 1759

Original name

Spongia fibrillosa Pallas, 1766

Synonymised names

Echinodictyum fibrillosum (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 382 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Indian Ocean, precise type-locality unknown

Distribution Indian Ocean, precise type-locality unknown [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. Spongia fibrillosa Pallas, 1766. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=193586 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-01-11 18:33:49Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2017-12-18 10:13:04Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 382 [details]

From editor or global species database

Distribution Indian Ocean, precise type-locality unknown [details]

Identification Pallas described this sponge from the the Indian Ocean. His description reminds of Echinodictyum but is too vague to make a positive identification. No type material or image is available. [details]