World Porifera Database - Species - Spongia lyrata Esper, 1794

Porifera name details

Spongia lyrata Esper, 1794

AphiaID

193691 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193691)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Auletta lyrata (Esper, 1794)

Rank

Species

Parent

Spongia Linnaeus, 1759

Original name

Spongia lyrata Esper, 1794

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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 [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 lyrata Esper, 1794. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=193691 on 2026-07-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2007-07-26 14:15:49Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description 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 [details]

redescription Ehlers, E. (1870). Die Esper'schen Spongien in der zoologischen Sammlung der K. Universität Erlangen. (E.Th. Jacob: Erlangen): 1-36.
page(s): 23 [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)

From editor or global species database

Spongia lyrata Esper, 1794