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Xestospongia de Laubenfels, 1932

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131849  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131849)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Haplosclerida (Order)
  7. Petrosiidae (Family)
  8. Xestospongia (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Quepanetsal de Laubenfels, 1954 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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  1. Species Xestospongia arenosa van Soest & de Weerdt, 2001
  2. Species Xestospongia bergquistia Fromont, 1991
  3. Species Xestospongia bocatorensis Díaz, Thacker, Rützler & Piantoni, 2007
  4. Species Xestospongia caminata Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
  5. Species Xestospongia clavata Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
  6. Species Xestospongia coralloides (Dendy, 1924)
  7. Species Xestospongia delaubenfelsi Riveros-Zuñiga, 1951
  8. Species Xestospongia deweerdtae Lehnert & van Soest, 1999
  9. Species Xestospongia diprosopia (de Laubenfels, 1930)
  10. Species Xestospongia dorigo Rocha, Moraes, Salani & Hajdu, 2021
  11. Species Xestospongia dubia (Ristau, 1978)
  12. Species Xestospongia emphasis (de Laubenfels, 1954)
  13. Species Xestospongia friabilis (Topsent, 1892)
  14. Species Xestospongia hispida (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
  15. Species Xestospongia informis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
  16. Species Xestospongia kapne Carvalho, Lopes, Cosme & Hajdu, 2016
  17. Species Xestospongia madida (de Laubenfels, 1954)
  18. Species Xestospongia mamillata Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
  19. Species Xestospongia menzeli (Little, 1963)
  20. Species Xestospongia muta (Schmidt, 1870)
  21. Species Xestospongia novaezealandiae Bergquist & Warne, 1980
  22. Species Xestospongia papuensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
  23. Species Xestospongia plana (Topsent, 1892)
  24. Species Xestospongia portoricensis van Soest, 1980
  25. Species Xestospongia purpurea Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz, 2014
  26. Species Xestospongia rampa (de Laubenfels, 1934)
  27. Species Xestospongia ridleyi (Keller, 1891)
  28. Species Xestospongia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815)
  29. Species Xestospongia topsenti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  30. Species Xestospongia tuberosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
  31. Species Xestospongia ursa Turner & Lonhart, 2023
  32. Species Xestospongia vansoesti Bakus & Nishiyama, 2000
  33. Species Xestospongia variabilis (Ridley, 1884)
  34. Species Xestospongia viridenigra (Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976)
  35. Species Xestospongia wiedenmayeri van Soest, 1980
  36. Species Xestospongia ashmorica (Hooper, 1984) accepted as Acanthostrongylophora ashmorica Hooper, 1984 (reverted genus transfer)
  37. Species Xestospongia calyx de Laubenfels, 1950 accepted as Cribrochalina vasculum (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  38. Species Xestospongia carbonaria (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Neopetrosia carbonaria (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  39. Species Xestospongia caycedoi Zea & van Soest, 1986 accepted as Niphates caycedoi (Zea & van Soest, 1986) (genus transfer)
  40. Species Xestospongia cretacea (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Petrosia (Petrosia) cretacea (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer)
  41. Species Xestospongia cylindrica (Lamarck, 1815) accepted as Neopetrosia cylindrica (Lamarck, 1815) (genus transfer)
  42. Species Xestospongia dominicana Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 accepted as Neopetrosia dominicana (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986) (genus transfer)
  43. Species Xestospongia edapha (de Laubenfels, 1930) accepted as Haliclona (Flagellia) edaphus de Laubenfels, 1930 (genus transfer)
  44. Species Xestospongia exigua (Kirkpatrick, 1900) accepted as Neopetrosia chaliniformis (Thiele, 1899) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  45. Species Xestospongia expansa (Thiele, 1903) accepted as Petrosia (Petrosia) expansa (Thiele, 1903) (genus transfer)
  46. Species Xestospongia fistulata (Kirkpatrick, 1907) accepted as Pachypellina fistulata (Kirkpatrick, 1907) (genus transfer)
  47. Species Xestospongia gibbosa (Keller, 1889) accepted as Echinoclathria gibbosa (Keller, 1889) (misapplied genus transfer)
  48. Species Xestospongia grayi (Hechtel, 1983) accepted as Xestospongia muta (Schmidt, 1870) (Junior synonym of Xestospongia muta (Schmidt, 1870) sensu Rocha et al. (2021))
  49. Species Xestospongia halichondrioides (Wilson, 1902) accepted as Plakortis halichondrioides (Wilson, 1902) (genus transfer)
  50. Species Xestospongia magna (Vacelet, 1969) accepted as Haliclona (Halichoclona) magna (Vacelet, 1969) (genus transfer)
  51. Species Xestospongia marquezii (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Ptilocaulis marquezii (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (reverted genus transfer)
  52. Species Xestospongia pacifica Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1988 accepted as Neopetrosia chaliniformis (Thiele, 1899) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  53. Species Xestospongia proxima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Neopetrosia proxima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (Genus transfer)
  54. Species Xestospongia rosariensis Zea & Rützler, 1983 accepted as Neopetrosia rosariensis (Zea & Rützler, 1983) (genus transfer)
  55. Species Xestospongia sapra de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Neopetrosia sapra (de Laubenfels, 1954) (genus transfer)
  56. Species Xestospongia subtriangularis (Duchassaing, 1850) accepted as Neopetrosia subtriangularis (Duchassaing, 1850) (genus transfer)
  57. Species Xestospongia tierneyi sensu Wiedenmayer, 1977 accepted as Cervicornia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815) (genus transfer and misidentification)
  58. Species Xestospongia trindanea Ristau, 1978 accepted as Amphimedon trindanea (Ristau, 1978) (genus transfer)
  59. Species Xestospongia truncata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Petrosia (Petrosia) truncata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (reverted genus transfer)
  60. Species Xestospongia vanilla (de Laubenfels, 1930) accepted as Neopetrosia vanilla (de Laubenfels, 1930) (genus transfer)
  61. Species Xestospongia variabilis sensu Topsent, 1892 accepted as Xestospongia topsenti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (misapplication)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1932). The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 81 (2927):1-140.
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
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. Xestospongia de Laubenfels, 1932. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131849 on 2025-11-06
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2006-01-04 18:46:07Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2008-02-23 19:09:29Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2018-03-17 22:19:50Z
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Boury-Esnault, Nicole
2020-03-09 13:29:20Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2020-12-16 10:32:25Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2021-07-17 06:58:22Z
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Boury-Esnault, Nicole

original description Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1932). The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 81 (2927):1-140.
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Quepanetsal de Laubenfels, 1954) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1954). The Sponges of the West-Central Pacific. <em>Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology.</em> 7: i-x, 1-306,pls I-XII.
page(s): 179-180 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 906-917. <i>In</i>: 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). [details] Full text PDF

basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 906-917. <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]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Quepanetsal de Laubenfels, 1954) Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 906-917. <i>In</i>: 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). [details] Full text PDF

basis of record (of Quepanetsal de Laubenfels, 1954) Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 906-917. <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]
 
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