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Euspongia excavata
Lendenfeld, 1889
AphiaID
191190
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191190)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Keratosa
(Subclass)
Dictyoceratida
(Order)
Spongiidae
(Family)
Euspongia
(Genus)
Euspongia excavata
(Species)
Status
unaccepted
(genus transfer)
Accepted name
Spongia (Spongia) excavata
(Lendenfeld, 1889)
Rank
Species
Parent
Euspongia
Bronn, 1859
accepted as
Spongia (Spongia)
Linnaeus, 1759
Original name
Euspongia excavata
Lendenfeld, 1889
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50.
,
available online at
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
[details]
Type data
Type locality contained in
Azores Canaries Madeira
type locality contained in
Azores Canaries Madeira
[details]
Descriptive notes
Taxonomy
incertae sedis
Taxonomy
incertae sedis
[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.
Euspongia excavata
Lendenfeld, 1889. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=191190 on 2026-09-23
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-05-02 15:00:59Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
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Documented distribution (1)
Notes (2)
original description
Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50.
,
available online at
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
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Taxonomy
incertae sedis
[details]
Unreviewed
Holotype
BMNH
[details]
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