MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Spongelia fragilis (Montagu, 1814)

Porifera name details

Spongelia fragilis (Montagu, 1814)

AphiaID

194767 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:194767)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1814)

Rank

Species

Parent

Spongelia Nardo, 1847 accepted as Dysidea Johnston, 1842

Original name

Spongia fragilis Montagu, 1814

Direct children (8)

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Subspecies Spongelia fragilis tubulosa Schulze, 1879 accepted as Dysidea avara (Schmidt, 1862)
Variety Spongelia fragilis var. clathrata Hentschel, 1912 accepted as Dysidea clathrata (Hentschel, 1912) (genus transfer and status change)
Variety Spongelia fragilis var. fasciculata Wilson, 1925 accepted as Dysidea fasciculata (Wilson, 1925) (genus transfer and status change)
Variety Spongelia fragilis var. hirciniformis (Carter, 1885) accepted as Dysidea hirciniformis Carter, 1885
Variety Spongelia fragilis var. implexa (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Dysidea implexa (Ridley, 1884)
Variety Spongelia fragilis var. incrustans (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Dysidea incrustans (Schmidt, 1862)
Variety Spongelia fragilis var. irregularis Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Variety Spongelia fragilis var. ramosa Schulze, 1879 accepted as Dysidea avara (Schmidt, 1862)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Spongia fragilis 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): 114 [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. Spongelia fragilis (Montagu, 1814). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=194767 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-17 18:39:48Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-11-17 19:35:29Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2014-02-16 18:30:10Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Spongia fragilis 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): 114 [details]

basis of record Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 660-662 [details]

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): 39 [details]

additional source Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 134 [details]

additional source Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 329-330 [details]

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): 2 & 3 [details]

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): 6 [details]

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): 14 [details]

additional source Burton, M. (1933). Report on a small collection of sponges from Stil Bay, S. Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 10 (11): 235-244.
page(s): 242; note: Misapplication [details]

additional source Topsent, E. (1925). Éponges de l'Étang de Thau. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco. 452, 1-42.
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Topsent, E. (1891). Spongaires des côtes océaniques de France. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 6: 125-129.
page(s): 127 [details]

additional source Vidal, A. (1967). Etude des fonds rocheux circalittoraux le long de la côte du Rousillon. Vie et Milieu. 18, 167-219.
page(s): 188 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Hanitsch, R. (1890). Third Report on the Porifera of the L.M.B.C.District. Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society. 4: 192-238, pls X-XV.
page(s): 198 [details]