Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Keratosa > Order Dictyoceratida > Family Thorectidae > Subfamily Thorectinae > Genus Scalarispongia

Scalarispongia scalaris (Schmidt, 1862)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cacospongia Schmidt, 1862

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scalarispongia*	Cook & Bergquist, 2000	accepted genus name
*Scalarispongia proficens*	(Pulitzer-Finali & Pronzato, 1981)	taxonomically included in
*Scalarispongia scalaris*	(Schmidt, 1862)	taxonomically included in

Literature

basis of record	Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2000). Two new genera and five new species of the ‘Cacospongia' group (Porifera, Demospongiae, Dictyoceratida). Zoosystema. 22 (2): 383-400.
additional source	Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. Marine Biodiversity. 48(4): 2151-2163.
additional source	Ben Mustapha, K; Zarrouk, S.; Souissi, A.; El Abed, A. (2003). Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. Bulletin Institut national des Sciences et Technologies de la mer de Salammbô. 30, 55-78.
additional source	Topaloğlu, B.; Evcen, A.; Cinar, M. E. (2016). Sponge fauna in the Sea of Marmara. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 16(1): 51-59.
additional source	Đorđević, N.; Petović, S. (2020). Diversity and distribution of class Demospongiae (phylum Porifera) in the Boka Kotorska bay. Studia Marina. 33 (2): 5-14.
additional source	Costa, G.; Betti, F.; Nepote, E.; Cattaneo-Vietti, R.; Pansini, M.; Bavestrello, G.; Bertolino, M. (2018). Sponge community variations within two semi-submerged caves of the Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) over a half-century time span. The European Zoological Journal. 85 (1): 382-392.
additional source	Costa, G.; Giussani, V.; Kletou, D.; Kleitou, P.; Pansini, M.; Setti, A.; Pronzato, R.; Bertolino, M. (2018). A first preliminary study of the shallow water sponge fauna from Cyprus Island (Eastern Mediterranean). Zootaxa. 4450(5): 594.
additional source	Gözcelioğlu, B.; Van Soest, R.; Proksch, P.; Konuglugil, B. (2011). Contribution to the Demospongiae (Poriferan) fauna of Turkey. Zoology in the Middle East. 54 (1): 149-152.

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. Scalarispongia scalaris (Schmidt, 1862). 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:165376