World Porifera Database - Species - Spongia tubularia Linnaeus, 1791

Porifera name details

Spongia tubularia Linnaeus, 1791

AphiaID

597816 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597816)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum

Rank

Species

Parent

Spongia Linnaeus, 1759

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1791). Systema naturae. Thirteenth edition, edited by J.F. Gmelin. 1 part 6 (Vermes): 3021-3910.
page(s): 3823 [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 tubularia Linnaeus, 1791. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=597816 on 2026-08-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-05-17 13:48:03Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2020-06-24 09:57:57Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (1)
Notes (1)

original description Linnaeus, C. (1791). Systema naturae. Thirteenth edition, edited by J.F. Gmelin. 1 part 6 (Vermes): 3021-3910.
page(s): 3823 [details]

From editor or global species database

Remark From the 'American Sea'. Likened to Spongia tubulosa Pallas. Unrecognizable.
Esper (1797: 200) suggested it was a junior synonym of his Spongia compressa. [details]