Subgenus Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spongia Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae. Vol. 2, Regnum vegetabile: 825–1384. Stockholm : L. Salvius. [1348].

  Type species:

   Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 by subsequent designation, see Bowerbank, J.S. 1862. On the anatomy and physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III. On the generic characters, the specific characters, and on the method of examination. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 152: 1087-1135 pls 72-74 [1119].
• [Euspongia] Bronn, M.G. 1859. Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs, wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Erster Band, Die Klassen und Ordnungen der formlosen Thiere (Amorphosa). Leipzig and Heidelberg : C.F. Winter xvi 149 pp. 12 pls. [12] [unjustified emendation of Spongia Linnaeus, 1759; see Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 513-621 pls 1-2 [576].
• Ditela Schmidt, E.O. 1862. Die Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres. Leipzig : Engelmann 88 pp. 7 pls. [24].

  Type species:

   Ditela nitens Schmidt, 1862 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Diagnosis

The fibres are of uniform diameter, and the meshes formed by the reticulum are relatively regular, polygonal and similar in size. Primary fibres are of similar diameter to secondary fibres.

ID Keys

See Genus Spongia Diagnosis

Diagnosis References

Cook, S.D.C. & Bergquist, P.R. 2002. Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1051-1060 in Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera: A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 1. [1054]

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