World Porifera Database - Species - Coscinospongia Bowerbank, 1869

Porifera name details

Coscinospongia Bowerbank, 1869

AphiaID

467606 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:467606)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (nomen nudum and junior synonym)

Accepted name

Leiodermatium Schmidt, 1870

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Dactylocalyx heteroformis Bowerbank, 1869 accepted as Leiodermatium heteroforme (Bowerbank, 1869) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Azoricidae Sollas, 1888

Original name

Coscinospongia Bowerbank, 1869

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Species Coscinospongia gracilis Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Neoschrammeniella bowerbankii (Johnson, 1863) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Coscinospongia heteroformis (Bowerbank, 1869) accepted as Leiodermatium heteroforme (Bowerbank, 1869) (genus transfer)
Species Coscinospongia thomasi (Sollas, 1888) accepted as Corallistes thomasi Sollas, 1888 (reverted genus transfer)
Species Coscinospongia typus (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Corallistes typus Schmidt, 1870

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Bowerbank, J.S. (1869). A Monograph of the Siliceo-fibrous Sponges. Part I. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1869 (1): 66-100, pls III-VI., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1869.tb07296.x [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. Coscinospongia Bowerbank, 1869. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=467606 on 2026-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-04-10 16:57:24Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2022-03-19 17:16:43Z

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Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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original description Bowerbank, J.S. (1869). A Monograph of the Siliceo-fibrous Sponges. Part I. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1869 (1): 66-100, pls III-VI., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1869.tb07296.x [details]