World Porifera Database - Species - Ephydatia subdivisa (Potts, 1888)

Porifera name details

Ephydatia subdivisa (Potts, 1888)

AphiaID

814731 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:814731)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Ephydatia robusta (Potts, 1888)

Rank

Species

Parent

Ephydatia Lamouroux, 1816

Original name

Meyenia subdivisa Potts, 1888

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Potts, E. (1888). Contributions towards a synopsis of the American forms of fresh-water Sponges with descriptions of those named by other authors and from all parts of the world. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 39 (1887): 158-279.
page(s): 226 [details]

(of Meyenia subdivisa Potts, 1888) Potts, E. (1888). Contributions towards a synopsis of the American forms of fresh-water Sponges with descriptions of those named by other authors and from all parts of the world. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 39 (1887): 158-279. [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. Ephydatia subdivisa (Potts, 1888). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=814731 on 2026-07-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-08-08 09:31:30Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Potts, E. (1888). Contributions towards a synopsis of the American forms of fresh-water Sponges with descriptions of those named by other authors and from all parts of the world. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 39 (1887): 158-279.
page(s): 226 [details]

original description (of Meyenia subdivisa Potts, 1888) Potts, E. (1888). Contributions towards a synopsis of the American forms of fresh-water Sponges with descriptions of those named by other authors and from all parts of the world. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 39 (1887): 158-279. [details]

new combination reference Weltner, W. (1895). Spongillidenstudien III. Katalog und Verbreitung der bekannten Süsswasserschwämme. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 61(1):114-144.
page(s): 114 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records)