World Porifera Database - Species - Spongia surculosa Esper, 1797

Porifera name details

Spongia surculosa Esper, 1797

AphiaID

193634 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193634)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Clathria (Clathria) surculosa (Esper, 1797)

Rank

Species

Parent

Spongia Linnaeus, 1759

Original name

Spongia surculosa Esper, 1797

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Esper, E.J.C. (1797). Fortsetzungen der Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungennach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. Erster Theil.(Nürnberg): 1-230, pls XXXII-LXI., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118730
page(s): 194-195 , pl LII [details]

Type data

Note East Indies

Type locality East Indies [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. Spongia surculosa Esper, 1797. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=193634 on 2026-07-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-04-06 18:35:01Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2022-01-23 10:00:17Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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original description Esper, E.J.C. (1797). Fortsetzungen der Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungennach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. Erster Theil.(Nürnberg): 1-230, pls XXXII-LXI., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118730
page(s): 194-195 , pl LII [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Type locality East Indies [details]