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Porifera taxon details

Leucosolenia complicata (Montagu, 1814)

132219  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132219)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Calcarea (Class)
  5. Calcaronea (Subclass)
  6. Leucosolenida (Order)
  7. Leucosoleniidae (Family)
  8. Leucosolenia (Genus)
  9. Leucosolenia complicata (Species)
accepted
Species
Ascandra amoeboides Haeckel, 1870 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Ascandra armata (Haeckel, 1872) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Ascandra complicata (Montagu, 1814) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Ascandra pinus Haeckel, 1872 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Asculmis armata Haeckel, 1870 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Asculmis norvegica Haeckel, 1872 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Leucosolenia armata (Haeckel, 1872) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Leucosolenia fabricii Schmidt, 1869 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Leucosolenia pinus (Haeckel, 1872) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Leucosolenia pocillum Haeckel, 1870 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Olynthus hispidus Haeckel, 1870 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Scypha complicata (Montagu, 1814) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia complicata Montagu, 1814 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spongia complicata 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. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 2(1): 67-122, pls III-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45847761
page(s): 97-98 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Celtic Seas  
type locality contained in Celtic Seas [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. Leucosolenia complicata (Montagu, 1814). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=132219 on 2025-06-02
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2006-12-30 10:24:33Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2014-02-16 18:30:10Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description (of Spongia complicata 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. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 2(1): 67-122, pls III-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45847761
page(s): 97-98 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Leucosolenia fabricii Schmidt, 1869) Schmidt, O. (1869). Vorläufige Mittheilungen über die Spongien der Grönlandischen Küste. Mittheilungen des Naturwissesnchaftlichen Vereines für Steiermark. 6: 89-97.
page(s): 91 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Ascandra amoeboides Haeckel, 1870) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. G. Reimer:Berlin. (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Asculmis norvegica Haeckel, 1872) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. G. Reimer:Berlin. (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Asculmis armata Haeckel, 1870) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. G. Reimer:Berlin. (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Leucosolenia pinus (Haeckel, 1872)) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. G. Reimer:Berlin. (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60).
page(s): vol. II: 105, vol. III: pl. 109 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Leucosolenia pocillum Haeckel, 1870) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. G. Reimer:Berlin. (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Olynthus hispidus Haeckel, 1870) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. G. Reimer:Berlin. (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Leucosolenia armata (Haeckel, 1872)) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. G. Reimer:Berlin. (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Ascandra pinus Haeckel, 1872) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. G. Reimer:Berlin. (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60).
page(s): vol. II p. 105, pl. 16 figs 3a-j, pl. 19 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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] OpenAccess publication

additional source Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society. 1-175.
page(s): 43 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg). Pp. 1-95, 15 pls.
page(s): 81 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Borojevic, R.; Cabioch, L.; Lévi, C. (1968). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. Éditions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff. pp. 1-44., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/images/stories/sbr/observation/documents/spongiaires.pdf
page(s): 33 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Burton, M. (1930). Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Stephens, J. (1912). A Biological Survey of Clare Island in the County of Mayo, Ireland and the Adjoining District. Marine Porifera. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 31 (Section 3, Part 59): 1-42.
page(s): 10 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Topsent, E. (1932). Remarques sur des Eponges de l'estuaire de la Rance. Bulletin du Laboratoire maritime du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Saint-Servan. 8: 1-7.
page(s): 1 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Topsent, E.; Olivier, L. (1943). Eponges observées dans les parages de Monaco (fin). Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco. 854: 1-12.
page(s): 11 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Ferrer Hernández, F. (1912). Notas sobre algunas esponjas de Santander. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural de Madrid. 12: 573-588.
page(s): 580 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Stephens, J. (1917). Report on the sponges collected off the coasts of Ireland by the dredging expeditions of the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Dublin Society. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 34 (B): 1-16.
page(s): 2 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Hôzawa, S. (1940). Reports on the calcareous sponges obtained by the Zoological Institute and Museum of Hamburg. Science Reports of the Tôhoku Imperial University. 15: 131-163. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ferrer Hernández, F. (1914). Esponjas del Cantábrico. Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Zoológica). 14: 1-36.
page(s): 11-12 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Rapp, H.T. (2015). A monograph of the calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) of Greenland. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 95 (7), 1395-1459., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315413001070
page(s): 1412-1414 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Solórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela. 1036 pp.
page(s): 117-120; Lám. 2a [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Spongia complicata Montagu, 1814) Grant, R.E. (1826). Remarks on the structures of some Calcareous Sponges. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. 1: 166-170.
page(s): 169 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia complicata Montagu, 1814) 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] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Ascandra armata (Haeckel, 1872)) Arnesen, E. (1900). Spongier fra den norske kyst I. Calcarea. Bergens Museum Aarbog. 5: 1-46, 1 pl. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Ascandra complicata (Montagu, 1814)) Fristedt, K. (1887). Sponges from the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and the Behring Sea. Vega-Expeditionens Vetenskap. Iakttagelser (Nordenskiöld) 4. 401-471, pls 22-31.
page(s): 406 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Leucosolenia fabricii Schmidt, 1869) Polk, P. (1976). Inventarisatie plankton: fauna en flora. [Plankton inventory : fauna and flora.]. In: Nihoul, J.C.J.; De Coninck, L. (Ed.) (1976). Project Sea final report: 7. Inventory of fauna and flora. :233-311. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source (of Leucosolenia fabricii Schmidt, 1869) Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg). Pp. 1-95, 15 pls.
page(s): 82 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Leucosolenia fabricii Schmidt, 1869) Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 5: 176-191.
page(s): 182; note: species 73 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Leucosolenia fabricii Schmidt, 1869) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. G. Reimer:Berlin. (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60).
page(s): 71; note: as Ascortis fabricii [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Leucosolenia fabricii Schmidt, 1869) Levinsen, G.M.R. (1887). Kara-Havets Svampe (Porifera). Dijmphna-Togtets zoologisk-botaniske Udbytte. 1: 339-372, pls XXIX-XXXI. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Leucosolenia fabricii Schmidt, 1869) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 73 [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference (of Leucosolenia pinus (Haeckel, 1872)) Topsent, E. (1891). Essai sur la faune des spongiaires de Roscoff. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale. (2) 9(4): 523-554,pl. XXII.
page(s): 525 [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference (of Ascandra complicata (Montagu, 1814)) Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 5: 176-191. [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference (of Leucosolenia armata (Haeckel, 1872)) Burton, M. (1930). Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

new combination reference (of Scypha complicata (Montagu, 1814)) Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British Plants. Volume I. Baldwin, London: i-xxvii, 1-821, 21 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30086635
page(s): 358 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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  • Type locality
  • type locality contained in Celtic Seas [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
  • From editor or global species database
  • Belgium
  • Celtic Seas
  • Chukchi Sea
  • East Greenland Shelf
  • Kara Sea
  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • North Sea
  • Norway
  • South European Atlantic Shelf
  • Southern Norway
  • United Kingdom
  • West Greenland Shelf
  • Western Mediterranean
Unknown type (of Spongia complicata Montagu, 1814) [details]
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    LanguageName 
    Dutch vertakte witte buisjesspons  [details]
    English Barents Sea sponge  [details]
    German Verzweigter Röhrenkalkschwamm  [details]
    Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
    To Barcode of Life 
    To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ascandra amoeboides Haeckel, 1870)
    To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Asculmis norvegica Haeckel, 1872)
    To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Asculmis armata Haeckel, 1870)
    To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Leucosolenia pinus (Haeckel, 1872))
    To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Leucosolenia fabricii Schmidt, 1869)
    To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Leucosolenia fabricii Schmidt, 1869)
    To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Ascandra complicata (Montagu, 1814))
    To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Spongia complicata Montagu, 1814)
    To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) 
    To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leucosolenia complicata) 
    To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Spongia complicata Montagu, 1814)
    To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 40 proteins) 
    To PESI 
    To PESI (from synonym Spongia complicata Montagu, 1814)
    To PESI (from synonym Leucosolenia fabricii Schmidt, 1869)
    To ITIS
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