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Callyspongia (Callyspongia) serpentina (Lamarck, 1814)

166197 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166197)

accepted
Species
Axinella elongata var. tenuispicula (Thum, 1903) · unaccepted (genus transfer amd junior synonym)
Callyspongia (Callyspongia) robertvonlendenfeldi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 · unaccepted (genus transfer, preoccupied and...)  
genus transfer, preoccupied and junior synonym
Callyspongia elongata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) · unaccepted (junior homonym)
Callyspongia serpens (Lendenfeld, 1887) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Callyspongia serpentina (Lamarck, 1814) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Ceraochalina typica Lendenfeld, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Chalina moniliformis Carter, 1885 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Chalina oculata var. novaezealandiae Dendy, 1924 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Chalina polychotoma var. angulata Carter, 1885 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Chalina polychotoma var. moniliformis Carter, 1885 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Chalinissa communis Lendenfeld, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Chalinissa communis var. digitata Lendenfeld, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Chalinissa communis var. flabellum Lendenfeld, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Chalinissa elegans Lendenfeld, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Chalinissa elongata Lendenfeld, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Chalinissa elongata var. tenuispicula Thum, 1903 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Chalinissa macropora Lendenfeld, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Chalinissa ramosa Lendenfeld, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Chalinissa rigida Lendenfeld, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Chalinissa serpens Lendenfeld, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Chalinissa tenuifibris Lendenfeld, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Pachychalina elongata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Spongia serpentina Lamarck, 1814 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spongia serpentina Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 452 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Western Bassian  
type locality contained in Western Bassian [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomy The junior synonym Ceraochalina typica is the type species of the unaccepted genus Ceraochalina.  
Taxonomy The junior synonym Ceraochalina typica is the type species of the unaccepted genus Ceraochalina. [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. Callyspongia (Callyspongia) serpentina (Lamarck, 1814). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=166197 on 2026-07-04
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original description (of Chalina moniliformis Carter, 1885) Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938509459882 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chalinissa elegans Lendenfeld, 1887) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1887). Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena.</em> 2: 723-828, pls XVIII-XXVII.
page(s): 773 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chalinissa elongata Lendenfeld, 1887) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1887). Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena.</em> 2: 723-828, pls XVIII-XXVII.
page(s): 774 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chalinissa macropora Lendenfeld, 1887) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1887). Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena.</em> 2: 723-828, pls XVIII-XXVII.
page(s): 772 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chalinissa ramosa Lendenfeld, 1887) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1887). Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena.</em> 2: 723-828, pls XVIII-XXVII.
page(s): 774 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chalinissa rigida Lendenfeld, 1887) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1887). Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena.</em> 2: 723-828, pls XVIII-XXVII.
page(s): 773-774 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chalinissa tenuifibris Lendenfeld, 1887) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1887). Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena.</em> 2: 723-828, pls XVIII-XXVII.
page(s): 773 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pachychalina elongata Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1886). Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Part I. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 18: 325-351, 470-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459998
page(s): 329 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pachychalina elongata Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 23-24 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Spongia serpentina Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 452 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chalinissa communis Lendenfeld, 1887) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1887). Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena.</em> 2: 723-828, pls XVIII-XXVII.
page(s): 771 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Ceraochalina typica Lendenfeld, 1887) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1887). Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena.</em> 2: 723-828, pls XVIII-XXVII.
page(s): 782 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chalina oculata var. novaezealandiae Dendy, 1924) Dendy, A. (1924). Porifera. Part I. Non-Antarctic sponges. Natural History Report. <em>British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910 (Zoology).</em> 6 (3): 269-392, pls I-XV.
page(s): 326 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chalinissa communis var. digitata Lendenfeld, 1887) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1887). Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena.</em> 2: 723-828, pls XVIII-XXVII.
page(s): 772 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chalinissa communis var. flabellum Lendenfeld, 1887) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1887). Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena.</em> 2: 723-828, pls XVIII-XXVII.
page(s): 772 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chalina polychotoma var. moniliformis Carter, 1885) Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938509459882
page(s): 285 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chalina polychotoma var. angulata Carter, 1885) Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938509459882
page(s): 285 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chalinissa elongata var. tenuispicula Thum, 1903) Thum, E. (1903). Bericht über eine Sammlung trockener Chalineen-Skelete aus dem Brüsseler Museum. <em>Annales de la Societé Royale Zoologique et Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 38: 9-12. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 13 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chalinissa serpens Lendenfeld, 1887) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1887). Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena.</em> 2: 723-828, pls XVIII-XXVII.
page(s): 773 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Callyspongia (Callyspongia) robertvonlendenfeldi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 47 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details] 

additional source Anonymous. (2017). National List of Species of Korea - Invertebrates I. Porifera, Cnidaria, Bryozoa, Sipuncula, Gastrotricha, Echinodermata. i-xiv, 1-215.
page(s): 28; note: Based on record of Callyspongia elongata of Rho et al. 1969. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Callyspongia serpens (Lendenfeld, 1887)) Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details] 

basis of record (of Ceraochalina typica Lendenfeld, 1887) Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details] 

basis of record (of Callyspongia serpentina (Lamarck, 1814)) Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details] 

basis of record (of Spongia serpentina Lamarck, 1814) Topsent, E. (1933). Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Fin. <em>Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 10: 1-60.
page(s): 2-3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Chalinissa elongata var. tenuispicula Thum, 1903) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 32 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Chalinissa serpens Lendenfeld, 1887) Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist
page(s): 102 [details] 

basis of record (of Chalinissa communis Lendenfeld, 1887) Alvarez, B.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Axinellidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 724-747. <em>In:</em> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) <em>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</em>. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_80 [details] Full text PDF

basis of record (of Chalinissa communis Lendenfeld, 1887) Alvarez, B.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Axinellidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 724-747. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) <i>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Axinella elongata var. tenuispicula (Thum, 1903)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 32 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Chalina oculata var. novaezealandiae Dendy, 1924) Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist
page(s): 102 [details] 

additional source (of Ceraochalina typica Lendenfeld, 1887) Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Callyspongiidae de Laubenfels, 1936. Pp. 835-851. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_90 [details] Full text PDF

additional source (of Ceraochalina typica Lendenfeld, 1887) Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Callyspongiidae de Laubenfels, 1936. Pp. 835-851. <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 (of Spongia serpentina Lamarck, 1814) Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist
page(s): 101 [details] 

additional source (of Pachychalina elongata Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Ferrer Hernández, F. (1914). Esponjas del Cantábrico. Parte 2. III. Myxospongida. IV. Tetraxonida. V. Triaxonida. <em>Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Zoológica).</em> 17: 1-46.
page(s): 32; note: Misapplication [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Callyspongia elongata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)) Sim, C. J. (1982). A systematic study on the marine sponges from Jeju Island. <em>Soong Jun University Essays Papers.</em> 12: 187-210.
page(s): 196; note: Misprinted as C. elongate. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Callyspongia elongata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)) Rho, B.J.; Kim, H.S.; Sim, C.J. (1969). Marine sponges in South Korea (2). <em>Journal of Korean Research Institute for Better Living, Evha Woman's University.</em> 3 : 153-160.
page(s): 155; note: Misprinted as C. elongate. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Callyspongia elongata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)) Sim, C.J. (1994). Sponges from Cheju Island, Korea. <em>In: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Van Kempen, T.M.G.; Braekman, J.C. (eds) Sponges in Time and Space. Biology, Chemistry, Paleontology. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp 175-181.</em>
page(s): 178, Table 2 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Chalinissa ramosa Lendenfeld, 1887) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 47 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy (of Chalina oculata var. novaezealandiae Dendy, 1924) Wiedenmayer, F. (1989). Demospongiae (Porifera) from northern Bass Strait, southern Australia. <em>Memoirs Museum Victoria.</em> 50(1): 1-242, pls 1-38. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.1989.50.01
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

new combination reference (of Axinella elongata var. tenuispicula (Thum, 1903)) Willenz, P. (1994). Annotated catalogue of Porifera type specimens in the Belgian national collections. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.</em> 64: 5-15. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 32 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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Unknown type (of Spongia serpentina Lamarck, 1814) MNHN DT 3333, geounit Western Bassian [details]
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Taxonomy The junior synonym Ceraochalina typica is the type species of the unaccepted genus Ceraochalina. [details]
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Japanese ホソナガザラカイメン [from synonym]  [details]


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