WoRMS name details
Pronax plumosa (Montagu, 1814)
236683 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236683)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spongia plumosa Montagu, 1814) Montagu, G. (1814 [1818]). An Essay on Sponges, with Descriptions of all the Species that have been discovered on the Coast of Great Britain. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 2(1): 67-122, pls III-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45847761
page(s): 116 [details]
page(s): 116 [details]
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. Pronax plumosa (Montagu, 1814). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236683 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
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(of Spongia plumosa Montagu, 1814) Montagu, G. (1814 [1818]). An Essay on Sponges, with Descriptions of all the Species that have been discovered on the Coast of Great Britain. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 2(1): 67-122, pls III-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45847761
page(s): 116 [details]
new combination reference Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
page(s): 116 [details]
new combination reference Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
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Boury-Esnault, N.; Lopes, M.T. (1985). Les Démosponges littorales de l'Archipel des Açores. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 61(2): 149-225.
page(s): 191-192; fig 39 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Descatoire, A. (1969). Peuplements sessiles de l'Archipel de Glénan de l'infralittoral rocheux. I. - Inventaire: Spongiaires. <em>Vie et Milieu (B, Océanographie).</em> 20 (1B): 177-209.
page(s): 196 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Solórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. <em>Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 1036 pp.
page(s): 848-851; Lám.105; note: Named Pronax plumosum (Montagu, 1818) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Castric-Fey, A. (1996). Richesse et biodiversité en mer mégatidale: communautés sublittorales rocheuses de la région de Trébeurden-Ploumanac'h (Nord Bretagne France). <em>Cahiers de Biologie marine.</em> 37, 7-31.
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Naveiro Millán, A. (2002). Poríferos de la costa da Arrábida (Portugal). Clase Demospongiae. <em>Tesina Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 165 pp.
page(s): 90-91 Figura 38 [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source Lévi, C. (1956). Étude des <i>Halisarca</i> de Roscoff. Embryologie et systématique des démosponges. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 93(1): 1-181.
page(s): 124 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 191-192; fig 39 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Descatoire, A. (1969). Peuplements sessiles de l'Archipel de Glénan de l'infralittoral rocheux. I. - Inventaire: Spongiaires. <em>Vie et Milieu (B, Océanographie).</em> 20 (1B): 177-209.
page(s): 196 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Solórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. <em>Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 1036 pp.
page(s): 848-851; Lám.105; note: Named Pronax plumosum (Montagu, 1818) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Castric-Fey, A. (1996). Richesse et biodiversité en mer mégatidale: communautés sublittorales rocheuses de la région de Trébeurden-Ploumanac'h (Nord Bretagne France). <em>Cahiers de Biologie marine.</em> 37, 7-31.
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Naveiro Millán, A. (2002). Poríferos de la costa da Arrábida (Portugal). Clase Demospongiae. <em>Tesina Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 165 pp.
page(s): 90-91 Figura 38 [details] Available for editors
[request]biology source Lévi, C. (1956). Étude des <i>Halisarca</i> de Roscoff. Embryologie et systématique des démosponges. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 93(1): 1-181.
page(s): 124 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Reproduction Viviparity. Embryogenesis begins mid-May and spawning occurs in July-August. Free larva contains numerous spicules (acanthostyles, and some spongin fiber). Lévi (1956) p. 124-125 [details]
