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Porifera taxon details

Prosuberites Topsent, 1893

132068  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132068)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Agelasida (Order)
  7. Hymerhabdiidae (Family)
  8. Prosuberites (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Prosuberites longispinus Topsent, 1893 (type by original designation)

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  1. Species Prosuberites carriebowensis Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz, 2014
  2. Species Prosuberites conulosus (Burton, 1930)
  3. Species Prosuberites exiguus Thiele, 1898
  4. Species Prosuberites inconspicuus Thiele, 1898
  5. Species Prosuberites laughlini (Díaz, Alvarez & van Soest, 1987)
  6. Species Prosuberites longispinus Topsent, 1893
  7. Species Prosuberites oleteira de Laubenfels, 1957
  8. Species Prosuberites psammophilus (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986)
  9. Species Prosuberites saanichensis Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014
  10. Species Prosuberites sagamensis Thiele, 1898
  11. Species Prosuberites salgadoi Lehnert & Stone, 2016
  12. Species Prosuberites vansoesti Sim-Smith, Hickman Jr & Kelly, 2021
  13. Species Prosuberites brevispinus de Laubenfels, 1951 accepted as Protosuberites brevispinus (de Laubenfels, 1951) (genus transfer)
  14. Species Prosuberites epiphytoides Thiele, 1905 accepted as Protosuberites epiphytoides (Thiele, 1905) (genus transfer)
  15. Species Prosuberites epiphytum (Lamarck, 1815) accepted as Protosuberites epiphytum (Lamarck, 1815) (genus transfer)
  16. Species Prosuberites epiphytum sensu Topsent, 1900 accepted as Protosuberites denhartogi van Soest & de Kluijver, 2003 (junior synonym)
  17. Species Prosuberites geracei van Soest & Sass, 1981 accepted as Protosuberites geracei (van Soest & Sass, 1981) (genus transfer)
  18. Species Prosuberites longispina Topsent, 1893 accepted as Prosuberites longispinus Topsent, 1893 (nomen corrigendum)
  19. Species Prosuberites microsclerus Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Terpios fugax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  20. Species Prosuberites modestus Pulitzer-Finali, 1978 accepted as Protosuberites modestus (Pulitzer-Finali, 1978) (genus transfer)
  21. Species Prosuberites rugosus Topsent, 1893 accepted as Protosuberites rugosus (Topsent, 1893) (genus transfer)
  22. Species Prosuberites scarlatum Alcolado, 1984 accepted as Monanchora arbuscula (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  23. Species Prosuberites sisyrnus de Laubenfels, 1930 accepted as Protosuberites sisyrnus (de Laubenfels, 1930) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Topsent, E. (1893). Nouvelle série de diagnoses d'éponges de Roscoff et de Banyuls. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 3) 1 (Notes et Revue 10): xxxiii-xliii.
page(s): XLIII [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. Prosuberites Topsent, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=132068 on 2026-02-15
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2007-06-14 07:32:27Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2015-04-22 06:11:52Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2016-08-17 10:08:36Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2020-12-16 10:32:25Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description Topsent, E. (1893). Nouvelle série de diagnoses d'éponges de Roscoff et de Banyuls. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 3) 1 (Notes et Revue 10): xxxiii-xliii.
page(s): XLIII [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [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
 
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