Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Keratosa > Order Dictyoceratida > Family Dysideidae > Genus Pleraplysilla

Pleraplysilla spinifera (Schulze, 1879)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Spongelia Nardo, 1847

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pleraplysilla*	Topsent, 1905	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pleraplysilla minchini*	Topsent, 1905	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

French: éponge épineuse blanche

German: weißer Stachelschwamm

Literature

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Genbank

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. Pleraplysilla spinifera (Schulze, 1879). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132317