World Porifera Database - Species - Euspongia equina (Schmidt, 1862)

Porifera name details

Euspongia equina (Schmidt, 1862)

AphiaID

832480 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:832480)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Hippospongia communis (Lamarck, 1814)

Rank

Species

Parent

Euspongia Bronn, 1859 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759

Original name

Spongia equina Schmidt, 1862

Environment

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

Original description

(of Spongia equina Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 23; pl II fig 5 [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. Euspongia equina (Schmidt, 1862). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=832480 on 2026-09-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-01-24 14:10:23Z

created

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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original description (of Spongia equina Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 23; pl II fig 5 [details]

new combination reference Schmidt, O. (1868). Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V.
page(s): 4 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)