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Porifera taxon details

Spongilla alba Carter, 1849

167226  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167226)

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Crella (Grayella) spinosa (Hechtel, 1983) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Crelloxea spinosa Hechtel, 1983 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongilla alba bengalensis Annandale, 1906 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Spongilla alba marina Annandale, 1907 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Spongilla microsclerifera Annandale, 1909 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Spongilla nana Annandale, 1915 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Spongilla travancorica Annandale, 1909 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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Carter, H.J. (1849). A descriptive Account of the Freshwater Sponges (genus <i>Spongilla</i>) in the Island of Bombay, with Observations on their Structure and Development. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2 )4 (20): 81-100, pls III-V., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03745486009496152
page(s): 83-84 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in India  
type locality contained in India [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. Spongilla alba Carter, 1849. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167226 on 2026-05-04
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original description Carter, H.J. (1849). A descriptive Account of the Freshwater Sponges (genus <i>Spongilla</i>) in the Island of Bombay, with Observations on their Structure and Development. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2 )4 (20): 81-100, pls III-V., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03745486009496152
page(s): 83-84 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Crelloxea spinosa Hechtel, 1983) Hechtel, G.J. (1983). New species of marine Demospongiae from Brazil. <em>Iheringia (Zoologia).</em> 63: 58-89.
page(s): 70-71; fig 11 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Spongilla microsclerifera Annandale, 1909) Annandale, N. (1909). Freshwater sponges collected in the Philippines by the Albatross Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 37: 131-132., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.1702.131 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Spongilla nana Annandale, 1915) Annandale, N. (1915). Fauna of the Chilka Lake: Sponges. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> 5 (1): 21-54, Plates III,IV, V. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Spongilla travancorica Annandale, 1909) Annandale, N. (1909). Notes on Freshwater Sponges. X. Report on a small collection from Travancore. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 3XII : 101-104. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Spongilla alba bengalensis Annandale, 1906) Annandale, N. (1911). Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids and Polyzoa. Porifera. Pp. 27-126, 241-245, pls I-II. <i>In</i>: Shipley, A.E. (Ed.), Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. (Taylor and Francis: London): i-viii, 1-251. [details] 

original description (of Spongilla alba marina Annandale, 1907) Annandale, N. (1907). Notes on freshwater sponges VI-VII. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 1: 387-392. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Spongilla lacustris var. bengalensis Annandale, 1906) Annandale, N. (1906). Notes on the freshwater fauna of India. 1. A variety of <i>Spongilla lacustris</i> from brackish water of Bengal. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 2: 55-58. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Debrot, A.O.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). First records of the freshwater sponges <i>Corvoheteromeyenia heterosclera</i> and <i>Spongilla alba</i> from Curaçao, with species descriptions and data from transplantation experiments. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 37 (1-2): 88-94.
page(s): 91 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Volkmer-Ribeiro, C.; Pauls, S.M. (2000). Esponjas de agua dulce (Porifera, Demospongiae) de Venezuela. <em>Acta Biologica Venezuelica.</em> 20 (1): 1-28.
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kilian, E.F.; Wintermann-Kilian, G. (1976). Die Spongilliden Südamerikas: derzeitiger Stand der Kenntnis ihrer Verbreitung. <i>In</i>: Descimon, H. (Ed.), Biogéographie et Évolution en Amérique Tropicale. <em>Publication du Laboratoire de Zoologie de l'École Normale Supérieure.</em> 9: 75–97.
page(s): 76 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Volkmer-Ribeiro, C.; Tavares, M.C.M. (1990). Nota científica: esponjas de água doce do complexo lagunar Mundaú-Manguaba e dos seus rios formadores; Alagoas, Brasil. <em>Iheringia, Série Zoologia.</em> 70; 171–172.
page(s): 171 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Crella (Grayella) spinosa (Hechtel, 1983)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Crellidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 556-566. <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 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_59 [details] Full text PDF

basis of record (of Crelloxea spinosa Hechtel, 1983) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Crellidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 556-566. <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 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_59 [details] Full text PDF

basis of record (of Crella (Grayella) spinosa (Hechtel, 1983)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Crellidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 556-566. <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 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Crelloxea spinosa Hechtel, 1983) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Crellidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 556-566. <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 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Crella (Grayella) spinosa (Hechtel, 1983)) Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 162 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription (of Crelloxea spinosa Hechtel, 1983) Pinheiro, U.S.; Nicacio, G.; Muricy, G. (2015). An example of the importance of labels and fieldbooks in scientific collections: A freshwater sponge misunderstood for a marine new genus and species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3974 (3): 447-450., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Porifera.html
page(s): 447 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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