World Porifera Database - Species - Spongilla lacustris (Linnaeus, 1759)

(of Spongia lacustris Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267
page(s): 1348; note: "Spongia repens fragilis, ramis teretibus obtusis" [details]

Type data

Lectotype LINN LH 1295.2, geounit Sweden

Lectotype LINN LH 1295.2, geounit Sweden [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. Spongilla lacustris (Linnaeus, 1759). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167235 on 2026-02-14

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original description (of Spongilla abortiva Potts, 1880) Potts, E. (1880). Fresh-water sponges of Fairmont Park. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1880: 330-331. [details]

original description (of Spongilla crustacea Kozhoff, 1925) Kozhoff, M. 1925. An outline of the freshwater sponges of the Irkutsk region and the shores of Lake Baikal. Bull. Inst. Sci. Biol. Geogr. Univ. Irkutsk 2 (2): 27-65. [details]

original description (of Spongilla erinaceus Ehrenberg, 1841) Ehrenberg, G.C. 1841. Weitere Resultate seiner Untersuchungen über die in Berlin lebenden mikroskopischen unterirdischen Organismen. Monatsberichte der königliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, 1841: 362-364. [details]

original description (of Spongilla fenestrata Kozhoff, 1925) Kozhoff, M. 1925. An outline of the freshwater sponges of the Irkutsk region and the shores of Lake Baikal. Bull. Inst. Sci. Biol. Geogr. Univ. Irkutsk 2 (2): 27-65. [details]

original description (of Spongilla flexispina Dawson, 1875) Dawson, G.M. (1875). On some Canadian species of Spongilla. Canadian Naturalist. 8 (1): 1-5. [details]

original description (of Spongilla jordanensis Vejdovsky, 1877) Vejdovsky, F. 1877. O ceskych houbach sladkovodnich. Vesmir 6: 187-210 (On Czech freshwater sponges). [details]

original description (of Spongilla lacustrioides MacKay, 1885) MacKay, A.H. (1885). Notes on the freshwater sponges of Nova Scotia. Proc. Trans. Nova Scotia Inst. Nat. Sci. 6: 233-240. [details]

original description (of Spongilla lacustroides Kozhoff, 1925) Kozhoff, M. 1925. An outline of the freshwater sponges of the Irkutsk region and the shores of Lake Baikal. Bull. Inst. Sci. Biol. Geogr. Univ. Irkutsk 2 (2): 27-65. [details]

original description (of Spongilla lieberkuehni Noll, 1870) Noll, F.C. 1870. Flussaquarien. Zoologischer Garten 11: 173, 273. [details]

original description (of Spongilla microgemmata Swartschewsky, 1901) Swartschewsky, B. (1901). O gubkach Baikalskego ozera. Notizen Kiew Ges Naturf. 14: 329-351. [details]

original description (of Spongilla mirabilis Retzer, 1883) Retzer, W. 1883. Die deutschen Suesswasserschwaemme. Inaugural Dissertation Univ. Tuebingen, pp. 1-30. [details]

original description (of Spongilla montana Potts, 1880) Potts, E. (1880). Fresh-water sponges of Fairmont Park. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1880: 330-331. [details]

original description (of Spongilla multiformis Carter, 1881) Carter, H.J. (1881). History and Classification of the known Species of Spongilla. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5) 7(38): 77-107,pls V-VI., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938109459483 [details]

original description (of Spongilla paupercula Bowerbank, 1863) Bowerbank, J.S. (1863). A Monograph of the Spongillidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1863: 440-472, pl. XXXVIII. [details]

original description (of Spongilla ramosa Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]

original description (of Spongilla lacustris var. ineptorum Annandale, 1919) Annandale, N. (1919). Sponges, Hydrozoa and Polyzoa of Seistan. In: Report on the aquatic fauna of Seistan with subsidary studies. Records of the Indian Museum. 18(2): 83-97, pl. 12. [published 20 December 1919]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11134167 [details]

original description (of Spongilla lacustris var. leighensis 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 Spongilla lacustris var. macrotheca Vejdovsky, 1883) Vejdovsky, F. 1883. Die Süsswasser-Schwämme Böhmens. Abhandlungen der kaiserlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft für Wissenschaften 12(5): 1-43, pls I-III. [details]

original description (of Spongilla lacustroides var. corticea Kozhoff, 1925) Kozhoff, M. 1925. An outline of the freshwater sponges of the Irkutsk region and the shores of Lake Baikal. Bull. Inst. Sci. Biol. Geogr. Univ. Irkutsk 2 (2): 27-65. [details]

original description (of Spongilla jordanensis var. druliaeformis Vejdovsky, 1883) Vejdovsky, F. 1883. Die Süsswasser-Schwämme Böhmens. Abhandlungen der kaiserlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft für Wissenschaften 12(5): 1-43, pls I-III. [details]

original description (of Spongilla rhenana Retzer, 1883) Retzer, W. 1883. Die deutschen Suesswasserschwaemme. Inaugural Dissertation Univ. Tuebingen, pp. 1-30. [details]

original description (of Spongilla lacustris var. abortiva Potts, 1887) Potts, E. (1880). Fresh-water sponges of Fairmont Park. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1880: 330-331. [details]

original description (of Spongia lacustris Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267
page(s): 1348; note: "Spongia repens fragilis, ramis teretibus obtusis" [details]

original description (of Spongilla dawsoni Bowerbank, 1864) Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). Description of two American sponges. The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist, New Series (ser. 2). 1: 304–307.
page(s): 305-307 [details]

original description (of Spongia canalium Schröter, 1788) Schröter, J.S. (1788). Beschreibung einer neuen Spongie der süssen Wasser. Der Naturforscher. 26: 149-158.
page(s): 156 [details]

original description (of Spongilla ramosa f. digitata Gray, 1821) Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British Plants. Volume I. Baldwin, London: i-xxvii, 1-821, 21 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30086635
page(s): 354 [details]

original description (of Spongilla ramosa f. gracilis Gray, 1821) Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British Plants. Volume I. Baldwin, London: i-xxvii, 1-821, 21 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30086635
page(s): 354 [details]

basis of record Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2002 [2004]). Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater sponges. Pp. 921-1020. In Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
page(s): 926 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2000). Rediscovery of the type material of Spongilla lacustris (L., 1759) in the Linnean herbarium. Italian Journal of Zoology. 67(1): 89-92., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/11250000009356300 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2002). Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater sponges. Pp. 921-1020. In Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. 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_97 [details]

additional source Pronzato, R.; Manconi, R. (2001). Atlas of European freshwater sponges. Annali Museo Civico Storia Naturale Ferrara. 4: 3-64.
page(s): 38 [details] Available for editors

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additional source 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
page(s): 9 [details]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1977). Marine and freshwater sponges (Porifera) of the Netherlands. Zoölogische Mededelingen. Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie te Leiden. 50(16): 261-273.
page(s): 271 [details]

additional source Annandale, N. (1911). Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids and Polyzoa. Porifera. Pp. 27-126, 241-245, pls I-II. In: Shipley, A.E. (Ed.), Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. (Taylor and Francis: London): i-viii, 1-251.
page(s): 67 [details]

additional source Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 342-344 [details]

additional source Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 153, Pl. LX [details]

additional source Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. (W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh). i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582
page(s): 110 [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 Stephens, J. (1920). The freshwater sponges of Ireland. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 35 (B): 205-254.
page(s): 222-226 [details]

additional source Old, M.C. (1936). III. Yucatan fresh-water sponges. In: Pearse, A.S.; E.P. Creaser; F.G. Hall (eds.). The Cenotes of Yucatan. A Zoological and Hydrographic Survey. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 457: 29-31, figs 1-2. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Roovere, T.; Lopp, A.; Reintamm, T.; Kuusksalu, A; Richelle-Maurer, E.; Kelve, M. (2006). Freshwater sponges in Estonia: genetic and morphological identification. Proceedings of Estonian Academy of Science, Biolology and Ecology. 55 (3): 216-227., available online at https://doi.org/10.3176/biol.ecol.2006.3.03 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Riccardi, A.; Reiswig, H. M. (1993). Freshwater sponges (Porifera, Spongillidae) of eastern Canada: taxonomy, distribution, and ecology. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 71: 665-682., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z93-091
page(s): 676 [details] Available for editors

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biology source Adams, E.D.M.; Goss, G.G.; Leys, S.P. (2010). Freshwater Sponges Have Functional, Sealing Epithelia with High Transepithelial Resistance and Negative Transepithelial Potential. PLoS ONE. 5(11): e15040., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015040 [details] Available for editors

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biology source Morrow, C.; Picton, B.; Erpenbeck, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Maggs, C.; Allcock, A. (2012). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62(1): 174-190., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.016
page(s): 177 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record (of Spongia lacustris Linnaeus, 1759) Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2000). Rediscovery of the type material of Spongilla lacustris (L., 1759) in the Linnean herbarium. Italian Journal of Zoology. 67(1): 89-92., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/11250000009356300
page(s): 90 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record (of Euspongilla lacustris (Linnaeus, 1759)) Topsent, E. (1893). Note sur la faune des Spongillides de France. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 18: 176. [details]

basis of record (of Spongilla dawsoni Bowerbank, 1864) 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
page(s): 9 [details]

additional source (of Spongilla erinaceus Ehrenberg, 1841) Retzer, W. 1883. Die deutschen Suesswasserschwaemme. Inaugural Dissertation Univ. Tuebingen, pp. 1-30. [details]

additional source (of Spongia lacustris Linnaeus, 1759) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 233-243 [details]

additional source (of Spongia lacustris Linnaeus, 1759) Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville. 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184
page(s): 147 [details]

additional source (of Spongia canalium Schröter, 1788) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3826 [details]

additional source (of Spongia canalium Schröter, 1788) Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British Plants. Volume I. Baldwin, London: i-xxvii, 1-821, 21 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30086635
page(s): 354; note: Gray (1821) suggested this is a form of Spongilla ramosa Lamarck = S. lacustris (Linnaeus). [details]

additional source (of Spongia canalium Schröter, 1788) Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville. 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184
page(s): 147 [details]

additional source (of Spongia lacustris Linnaeus, 1759) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3825 [details]

additional source (of Spongia lacustris Linnaeus, 1759) Houttuyn, M. (1772). Natuurlyke historie of uitvoerige beschryving der dieren, planten en mineralen, volgens het samenstel van den heer Linnaeus met naauwkeurige afbeelingen. F. Houttuyn, Amsterdam. 1 (17) 1-6, 1-614.
page(s): 463 [details]

additional source (of Spongia lacustris Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1299 [details]

additional source (of Spongilla ramosa Lamarck, 1816) Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British Plants. Volume I. Baldwin, London: i-xxvii, 1-821, 21 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30086635
page(s): 353 [details]

source of synonymy (of Spongilla erinaceus Ehrenberg, 1841) Weltner, W. 1893. Über die Autorenbezeichnung von Spongilla erinaceus.Berichte der Gesellschaft für Naturforschender Freunde Berlin1893: 7-13. [details]

new combination reference (of Spongilla lacustris var. dawsoni Bowerbank, 1864) MacKay, A.H. (1885). Notes on the freshwater sponges of Nova Scotia. Proc. Trans. Nova Scotia Inst. Nat. Sci. 6: 233-240.
page(s): 236 [details]

new combination reference (of Ephydatia lacustris (Linnaeus, 1759)) Lamouroux, J. V. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. pp. [i]-lxxxiv, chart, [1]-560, [560, err], pls I-XIX, uncol. by author. Caen: De l'imprimerie de F. Poisson., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11172
page(s): 7 [details]

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Containing type locality

Lectotype LINN LH 1295.2, geounit Sweden [details]

Paralectotype LINN LH 1295.1, geounit Sweden [details]

Unknown type RMNH POR. 1053, geounit Netherlands [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
English	pond spongefreshwater spongecommon freshwater sponge	[details]
French	éponge lacustre	[details]
German	TeichschwammStinkschwammGeweihschwamm	[details]

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