MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Grantia ensata Bowerbank, 1858

Porifera name details

Grantia ensata Bowerbank, 1858

AphiaID

132182 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132182)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Aphroceras ensata (Bowerbank, 1858)

Rank

Species

Parent

Grantia Fleming, 1828

Original name

Grantia ensata Bowerbank, 1858

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Bowerbank, J.S. (1858). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part I. On the Spicula. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 148(2): 279-332, pls XXII-XXVI.
page(s): 295 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Celtic Seas

type locality contained in Celtic Seas [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. Grantia ensata Bowerbank, 1858. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=132182 on 2025-06-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2010-01-13 15:34:35Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

[taxonomic tree]

original description Bowerbank, J.S. (1858). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part I. On the Spicula. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 148(2): 279-332, pls XXII-XXVI.
page(s): 295 [details]

basis of record Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 25-26 [details]

additional source Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 4, pl II 16-20 [details]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]