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Porifera taxon details

Spongia (Spongia) graminea Hyatt, 1877

165189 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165189)

accepted
Species
Spongia cheiris de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Spongia graminea Hyatt, 1877 · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spongia graminea Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 516 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Floridian  
type locality contained in Floridian [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
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 (Spongia) graminea Hyatt, 1877. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=165189 on 2026-08-07
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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2009-06-07 12:26:43Z
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original description (of Spongia cheiris de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958) Laubenfels, M.W. de; Storr, J. F. (1958). The taxonomy of American commercial sponges. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 8(2): 99-117.
page(s): 112-113; fig 18 & 24 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Spongia graminea Hyatt, 1877) Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 516 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia graminea Hyatt, 1877) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 3: 1-217.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Spongia graminea Hyatt, 1877) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1953). Sponges from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 2(3): 511-557.
page(s): 512 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia graminea Hyatt, 1877) Laubenfels, M.W. de; Storr, J. F. (1958). The taxonomy of American commercial sponges. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 8(2): 99-117.
page(s): 109-110; fig 7-8 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia graminea Hyatt, 1877) Little, F.J. Jr. (1963). The sponge fauna of the St. George's Sound, Apalache Bay, and Panama City Regions of the Florida Gulf Coast. <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology 11(2).</em> 31-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.7050
page(s): 33 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia cheiris de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94.
page(s): 19 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia graminea Hyatt, 1877) Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Spongia graminea Hyatt, 1877) Cropper, W.; Lirman, D.; Tosini, S.; DiResta, D.; Luo, J.; Wang, J. (2001). Population Dynamics of a Commercial Sponge in Biscayne Bay, Florida. <em>Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.</em> 53(1): 13-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/ecss.2001.0787
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Spongia graminea Hyatt, 1877) Stevely, J.M.; Sweat, D.E; Bert, T.M.; Sim-Smith, C.; Kelly, M. (2010). Commercial Bath Sponge (<i>Spongia</i> and <i>Hippospongia</i>) and Total Sponge Community Abundance and Biomass Estimates in the Florida Middle and Upper Keys, USA. <i>in</i> : Proceedings of the 62nd Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute November 10-14, 2008 Gosier, Guadeloupe, French West Indies. <em>GCFI 62nd Annual Meeting.</em> 62: 394-403.
page(s): 398-400 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy (of Spongia graminea Hyatt, 1877) Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

biology source (of Spongia cheiris de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958) Kaye, H.R.; Reiswig, H.M. (1991). Sexual reproduction in four Caribbean commercial sponges. I. Reproductive cycles and spermatogenesis. <em>Invertebrate Reproduction and Development.</em> 19 (1): 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.1991.9672151
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

biology source (of Spongia cheiris de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958) Kaye, H.R. (1991). Sexual reproduction in four Caribbean commercial sponges. II. Oogenesis and transfer of bacterial symbionts. <em>Invertebrate Reproduction and Development.</em> 19 (1): 13-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.1991.9672152 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

biology source (of Spongia cheiris de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958) Kaye, H.R.; Reiswig, H.M. (1991). Sexual reproduction in four Caribbean commercial sponges. III. Larval behaviour, settlement and metamorphosis. <em>Invertebrate Reproduction and Development.</em> 19 (1): 25-35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.1991.9672153 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

biology source (of Spongia graminea Hyatt, 1877) Kaye, H.R.; Reiswig, H.M. (1991). Sexual reproduction in four Caribbean commercial sponges. I. Reproductive cycles and spermatogenesis. <em>Invertebrate Reproduction and Development.</em> 19 (1): 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.1991.9672151
page(s): 2 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

biology source (of Spongia graminea Hyatt, 1877) Kaye, H.R. (1991). Sexual reproduction in four Caribbean commercial sponges. II. Oogenesis and transfer of bacterial symbionts. <em>Invertebrate Reproduction and Development.</em> 19 (1): 13-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.1991.9672152 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

biology source (of Spongia graminea Hyatt, 1877) Kaye, H.R.; Reiswig, H.M. (1991). Sexual reproduction in four Caribbean commercial sponges. III. Larval behaviour, settlement and metamorphosis. <em>Invertebrate Reproduction and Development.</em> 19 (1): 25-35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.1991.9672153 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Reproduction Viviparous species. Spermatogenesis occurs between May & Spetember [details]
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