World Porifera Database - Species - Xestospongia dubia (Ristau, 1978)

Porifera taxon details

Xestospongia dubia (Ristau, 1978)

AphiaID

196368 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196368)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Xestospongia de Laubenfels, 1932

Original name

Adocia dubia Ristau, 1978

Synonymised names

Adocia dubia Ristau, 1978 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Haliclona dubia (Ristau, 1978) · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Adocia dubia Ristau, 1978) Ristau, D.A. (1978). Six new species of shallow-water marine demosponges from California. <em>Proceedings Biological Society Washington.</em> 91(3): 569-589. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 575; fig 2B, 3b, 4c-d [details]

Type data

Holotype (of Adocia dubia Ristau, 1978) USNM 24522,...

Holotype (of Adocia dubia Ristau, 1978) USNM 24522, geounit Northern California [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. Xestospongia dubia (Ristau, 1978). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=196368 on 2026-08-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-01-04 18:46:07Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2008-03-07 15:24:48Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Adocia dubia Ristau, 1978) Ristau, D.A. (1978). Six new species of shallow-water marine demosponges from California. <em>Proceedings Biological Society Washington.</em> 91(3): 569-589. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 575; fig 2B, 3b, 4c-d [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype (of Adocia dubia Ristau, 1978) USNM 24522, geounit Northern California [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Adocia dubia Ristau, 1978)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Adocia dubia Ristau, 1978)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 24522) (from synonym Adocia dubia Ristau, 1978)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 074264) (from synonym Adocia dubia Ristau, 1978)

Unreviewed

To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 074264)

Hosted externally, from synonym