Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Spongillida > Family Spongillidae

Spongilla Lamarck, 1816

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Spongilla arctica Annandale, 1915
Spongilla lacustris (Linnaeus, 1759)
Spongilla prespensis Hadzische, 1953
Spongilla stankovici Arndt, 1938

Literature

original description	Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière.
basis of record	Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2002 [2004]). Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater sponges. Pp. 921-1020. In Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
basis of record	Penney, J.T.; Racek, A.A. (1968). Comprehensive revision of a worldwide collection of freshwater sponges (Porifera: Spongillidae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 272: 1-184.
basis of record	Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2002). Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater sponges. Pp. 921-1020. In Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
additional source	Delage, Y. (1892). Embryogénie des éponges. Développement post-larvaire des éponges siliceuses et fibreuses marines et d'eau douce. Archives de Zoologie générale et experimentale. (2) 10: 345-498.
redescription	Pinheiro, U.S.; Nicacio, G.; Muricy, G. (2015). An example of the importance of labels and fieldbooks in scientific collections: A freshwater sponge misunderstood for a marine new genus and species. Zootaxa. 3974 (3): 447-450.

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. Spongilla Lamarck, 1816. 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:167224

Dr. Ole Tendal. Spongilla Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/73fa1ff5-f715-452a-a023-e49f52cb378d