Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Keratosa > Order Dendroceratida > Family Dictyodendrillidae > Genus Spongionella

Spongionella pulchella (Sowerby, 1804)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Verongia Bowerbank, 1845

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spongionella*	Bowerbank, 1862	accepted genus name
*Megalopastas*	Dendy, 1905	synonym
*Velinea*	Vosmaer, 1883	synonym

Species group names

*Spongionella zetlandica*	(Bowerbank, 1866)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: gorgeous horny sponge sources: National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].

French: éponge admirable

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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. Spongionella pulchella (Sowerby, 1804). 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:132335