original description(ofSpongia suberia 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 athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45847761 page(s): 99-102 [details]
basis of recordJohnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. (W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh). i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582 page(s): 139 [details]