World Porifera Database - Species - Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) Bowerbank, 1877

Porifera name details

Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) Bowerbank, 1877

AphiaID

345175 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345175)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Polyfibrospongia Bowerbank, 1877

Rank

Subgenus

Type taxon

Polyfibrospongia flabellifera Bowerbank, 1877 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Hircinia Nardo, 1834 accepted as Ircinia Nardo, 1833

Original name

Polyfibrospongia Bowerbank, 1877

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Species Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) filamentosa (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Ircinia filamentosa (Lamarck, 1814)
Species Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) flabellifera (Bowerbank, 1877) accepted as Polyfibrospongia flabellifera Bowerbank, 1877 (reverted)
Species Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) gigantea Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Ircinia irregularis (Poléjaeff, 1884) (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Polyfibrospongia Bowerbank, 1877) Bowerbank, J.S. (1877). Descriptions of five new species of sponges discovered by A.B. Meyer on the Philippine Islands and New Guinea. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 456-464.
page(s): 456 [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. Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) Bowerbank, 1877. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=345175 on 2026-02-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-05-06 08:34:11Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2022-01-26 15:44:02Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2023-06-17 14:13:55Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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Sources (2)

original description (of Polyfibrospongia Bowerbank, 1877) Bowerbank, J.S. (1877). Descriptions of five new species of sponges discovered by A.B. Meyer on the Philippine Islands and New Guinea. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 456-464.
page(s): 456 [details]

basis of record Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 587 [details]