MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ephydatia Lamouroux, 1816

WoRMS taxon details

Ephydatia Lamouroux, 1816

AphiaID

167141 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167141)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Spongia fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1759 accepted as Ephydatia fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1759) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Spongillidae Gray, 1867

Original name

Ephydatia Lamouroux, 1816

Synonymised names

Clypeatula Peterson & Addis, 2000 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Meyenia Carter, 1881 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Pleiomeyenia Mills, 1884 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Trachyspongilla Dybovsky, 1878 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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Species Ephydatia subdivisa (Potts, 1888) accepted as Ephydatia robusta (Potts, 1888) (junior synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. F. Poisson, Caen. i-lxxxiv, 1-558, pls. I-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11606092 [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 Lamouroux, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167141 on 2025-04-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

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2008-08-08 08:42:26Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2020-10-23 07:39:41Z

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Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2020-12-17 10:11:20Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2021-01-07 15:28:55Z

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Manconi, Renata

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. F. Poisson, Caen. i-lxxxiv, 1-558, pls. I-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11606092 [details]

original description (of Meyenia Carter, 1881) Carter, H.J. (1881). History and Classification of the known Species of Spongilla. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5) 7(38): 77-107,pls V-VI.
page(s): 90 [details]

original description (of Pleiomeyenia Mills, 1884) Mills, H. (1884). Thoughts on the Spongidae, with reference to the American sponges of the freshwater group with some accounts of them in detail. Proceedings of the American Society of Microscopists. 1884: 131-147. [details]

original description (of Clypeatula Peterson & Addis, 2000) Peterson, K.J.; Addis, J.S. (2000). Clypeatula cooperensis gen.n., sp.n., a new freshwater sponge (Porifera, Spongillidae) from the Rocky Mountains of Montana, USA. Zoologica Scripta. 29(3): 265-274., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6409.2000.00044.x [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2002 [2004]). Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater sponges. Pp. 921-1020. In Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Penney, J.T.; Racek, A.A. (1968). Comprehensive revision of a worldwide collection of freshwater sponges (Porifera: Spongillidae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 272: 1-184.
page(s): 80-82 [details]

basis of record Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2002). Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater sponges. Pp. 921-1020. In Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2009). Atlas of African freshwater sponges. Studies in Afrotropical Zoology, Tervuren, Royal Museum for Central Africa. 295, 1-214. [details] Available for editors

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