Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Suberitida > Family Suberitidae > Genus Suberites

Suberites virgultosus (Johnston, 1842)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Halichondria Fleming, 1828

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Suberites*	Nardo, 1833	accepted genus name
*Ficulina*	Gray, 1867	synonym
*Lithumena*	Renier, 1828	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M.; Picton, B.E.; Morrow, C. (2000). Sponges of the North East Atlantic. In: World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series, Windows/Mac version 1.0. (ETI, University of Amsterdam:Amsterdam), available online at http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=sponges&id=104&menuentry=soorten.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103.
additional source	Sim, C.J. (1981). A taxonomic study of the marine sponges in Korea 2. Hadromerida. Korean Journal of Zoology. 24 (1): 9-17.
additional source	Morozov, G.; Strelkova, N.A.; Zimina, O.; Sabirov, R. (2023). A preliminary account of the Arctic/Subarctic Suberites (Porifera: Demospongiae) fauna. Zootaxa. 5357(1): 50-70.

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. Suberites virgultosus (Johnston, 1842). 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:134305