World Porifera Database - Species - Oncosclera rousseletii (Kirkpatrick, 1906)

Porifera taxon details

Oncosclera rousseletii (Kirkpatrick, 1906)

AphiaID

167082 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167082)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Oncosclera Volkmer-Ribeiro, 1970

Original name

Spongilla rousseletii Kirkpatrick, 1906

Synonymised names

Spongilla rousseletii Kirkpatrick, 1906 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Stratospongilla rousseletii (Kirkpatrick, 1906) · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Spongilla rousseletii Kirkpatrick, 1906) Kirkpatrick, R. (1906). Zoological Results of the Third Tanganyika Expedition conducted by Dr. W.A. Cunnington, 1904-1905. Report on the Porifera, with notes on species from the Nile and Zambesi. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1: 218-227., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1906.tb08433.x [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Zimbabwe

type locality contained in Zimbabwe [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Oncosclera rousseletii (Kirkpatrick, 1906). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167082 on 2026-08-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2010-06-16 08:35:04Z

checked

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Spongilla rousseletii Kirkpatrick, 1906) Kirkpatrick, R. (1906). Zoological Results of the Third Tanganyika Expedition conducted by Dr. W.A. Cunnington, 1904-1905. Report on the Porifera, with notes on species from the Nile and Zambesi. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1: 218-227., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1906.tb08433.x [details]

additional source Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2009). Atlas of African freshwater sponges. Studies in Afrotropical Zoology, Tervuren, Royal Museum for Central Africa. 295, 1-214. [details] Available for editors

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new combination reference (of Stratospongilla rousseletii (Kirkpatrick, 1906)) Penney, J.T.; Racek, A.A. (1968). Comprehensive revision of a worldwide collection of freshwater sponges (Porifera: Spongillidae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 272: 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.272.1 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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