World Porifera Database - Species - Ephydatia robusta (Potts, 1888)

Porifera taxon details

Ephydatia robusta (Potts, 1888)

AphiaID

167153 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167153)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ephydatia Lamouroux, 1816

Original name

Meyenia robusta Potts, 1888

Synonymised names

Ephydatia subdivisa (Potts, 1888) · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Meyenia robusta Potts, 1888 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Meyenia subdivisa Potts, 1888 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Potts, E. (1888). Contributions towards a synopsis of the American forms of fresh-water Sponges with descriptions of those named by other authors and from all parts of the world. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 39 (1887): 158-279. [details]

(of Meyenia robusta Potts, 1888) Potts, E. (1888). Contributions towards a synopsis of the American forms of fresh-water Sponges with descriptions of those named by other authors and from all parts of the world. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 39 (1887): 158-279. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in California

type locality contained in California [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. Ephydatia robusta (Potts, 1888). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167153 on 2026-07-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

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2010-06-06 18:55:09Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Potts, E. (1888). Contributions towards a synopsis of the American forms of fresh-water Sponges with descriptions of those named by other authors and from all parts of the world. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 39 (1887): 158-279. [details]

original description (of Meyenia robusta Potts, 1888) Potts, E. (1888). Contributions towards a synopsis of the American forms of fresh-water Sponges with descriptions of those named by other authors and from all parts of the world. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 39 (1887): 158-279. [details]

original description (of Meyenia subdivisa Potts, 1888) Potts, E. (1888). Contributions towards a synopsis of the American forms of fresh-water Sponges with descriptions of those named by other authors and from all parts of the world. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 39 (1887): 158-279. [details]

original description (of Ephydatia subdivisa (Potts, 1888)) Potts, E. (1888). Contributions towards a synopsis of the American forms of fresh-water Sponges with descriptions of those named by other authors and from all parts of the world. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 39 (1887): 158-279.
page(s): 226 [details]

additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1932). The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 81 (2927):1-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.81-2927.1 [details] Available for editors

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additional source (of Meyenia subdivisa Potts, 1888) Moore, W.G. (1953). Louisiana fresh-water sponges, with ecological observations on certain sponges of the New Orleans area. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 72 (1): 24-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3223357
page(s): 26 [details] Available for editors

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new combination reference (of Ephydatia subdivisa (Potts, 1888)) Weltner, W. (1895). Spongillidenstudien III. Katalog und Verbreitung der bekannten Süsswasserschwämme. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 61(1):114-144.
page(s): 114 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Meyenia robusta Potts, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Meyenia subdivisa Potts, 1888)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Meyenia robusta Potts, 1888)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Meyenia subdivisa Potts, 1888)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Ephydatia subdivisa (Potts, 1888))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 002161.PR)
To ITIS

Unreviewed

To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 002161.PR)

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