World Porifera Database - Species - Spongia pulverulenta Grant, 1826

Porifera name details

Spongia pulverulenta Grant, 1826

AphiaID

193721 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193721)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Accepted name

Leucandra ananas (Montagu, 1814)

Rank

Species

Parent

Spongia Linnaeus, 1759

Original name

Spongia pulverulenta Grant, 1826

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Grant, R.E. (1826). Remarks on the structures of some Calcareous Sponges. <em>Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal.</em> 1: 166-170.
page(s): 170 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in North Sea

type locality contained in North Sea [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 pulverulenta Grant, 1826. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=193721 on 2026-09-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-12-02 19:49:25Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Grant, R.E. (1826). Remarks on the structures of some Calcareous Sponges. <em>Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal.</em> 1: 166-170.
page(s): 170 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Holotype BMNH [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)