World Porifera Database - Species - Spongia contarenii sensu Martens, 1824

Porifera name details

Spongia contarenii sensu Martens, 1824

AphiaID

193753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193753)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Mycale (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Esperella Vosmaer, 1887

Parent

Spongia Linnaeus, 1759

Original name

Spongia contarenii sensu Martens, 1824

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Martens, G.M. Von. (1824). Reise nach Venedig. Stettin'schen Buchhandlung. [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 contarenii sensu Martens, 1824. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=193753 on 2025-11-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2007-07-06 09:34:03Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2009-11-30 09:26:26Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2012-08-16 13:22:45Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Martens, G.M. Von. (1824). Reise nach Venedig. Stettin'schen Buchhandlung. [details]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002). Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. 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 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. 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 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Remark Google Books provides pdf copies of both volumes of Von Martens 'Reise nach Venedig' (1824). There is no Spongia contarenii mentioned in this work. Nevertheless, Lieberkühn (1859) attributed this name to Von Martens and he even quotes p. 455 (which page contains only names of gastropods, no sponges). The sponges listed by Von Martens are given on pages 535-538.
The conclusion appears inescapable, that Lieberkühn (1859) must be considered the author of this species, not Martens. [details]