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Smenospongia cerebriformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

Spongia cerebriformis lectotype specimen
Spongia cerebriformis lectotype specimen

165386 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165386)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Keratosa (Subclass)
  6. Dictyoceratida (Order)
  7. Thorectidae (Family)
  8. Thorectinae (Subfamily)
  9. Smenospongia (Genus)
  10. Smenospongia cerebriformis (Species)
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(of Spongia cerebriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11943
page(s): 32; pl III fig 5-6 [details] OpenAccess publication
Lectotype  (of Spongia cerebriformis Duchassaing &...  
Lectotype (of Spongia cerebriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 91, geounit Eastern Caribbean [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. Smenospongia cerebriformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=165386 on 2026-09-10
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original description (of Spongia cerebriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11943
page(s): 32; pl III fig 5-6 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 94 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source 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 cerebriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. (1983). Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). <em>Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 9 (21): 189-205.
page(s): 191 [details] OpenAccess publication

redescription (of Fasciospongia cerebriformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) 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): 43-44 [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference (of Spongia equina cerebriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 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): 520-522 [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference (of Hippospongia equina var. cerebriformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 304-305 [details] 
 
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Lectotype (of Spongia cerebriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MSNT Por. 91, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Paralectotype (of Spongia cerebriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) ZMA Por. 02075, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Spongia cerebriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Spongia cerebriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Spongia cerebriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Spongia cerebriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (8 records) (from synonym Spongia cerebriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 000061.PR) 
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