World Porifera Database - Species - Desmacidon frondosum (Pallas, 1766)

Porifera name details

Desmacidon frondosum (Pallas, 1766)

AphiaID

1035185 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1035185)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Clathria frondosa (Pallas, 1766)

Rank

Species

Parent

Desmacidon Bowerbank, 1861

Original name

Spongia frondosa Pallas, 1766

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Spongia frondosa Pallas, 1766) 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.]. Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae. 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 395, pl. XIII fig. 2 [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. Desmacidon frondosum (Pallas, 1766). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035185 on 2026-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-09-13 08:58:37Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2020-03-03 14:40:57Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (3)

original description (of Spongia frondosa Pallas, 1766) 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.]. Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae. 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 395, pl. XIII fig. 2 [details]

additional source Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1880). The Sponges of the Leyden Museum. 1. The family of the Desmacidinae. Notes from the Leyden Museum. 2: 99-164.
page(s): 159 [details]

new combination reference Ehlers, E. (1870). Die Esper'schen Spongien in der zoologischen Sammlung der K. Universität Erlangen. (E.Th. Jacob: Erlangen): 1-36.
page(s): 17 [details]