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

Spongilla lacustris (Linnaeus, 1759)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Spongia Linnaeus, 1759

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spongilla*	Lamarck, 1816	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: common freshwater sponge; freshwater sponge; pond 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].;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

French: éponge lacustre 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].

German: Geweihschwamm; Stinkschwamm; Teichschwamm

Literature

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).
basis of record	Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2000). Rediscovery of the type material of Spongilla lacustris (L., 1759) in the Linnean herbarium. Italian Journal of Zoology. 67(1): 89-92.
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).
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (1977). Marine and freshwater sponges (Porifera) of the Netherlands. Zoölogische Mededelingen. Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie te Leiden. 50(16): 261-273.
additional source	Riccardi, A.; Reiswig, H. M. (1993). Freshwater sponges (Porifera, Spongillidae) of eastern Canada: taxonomy, distribution, and ecology. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 71: 665-682.
additional source	Roovere, T.; Lopp, A.; Reintamm, T.; Kuusksalu, A; Richelle-Maurer, E.; Kelve, M. (2006). Freshwater sponges in Estonia: genetic and morphological identification. Proceedings of Estonian Academy of Science, Biolology and Ecology. 55 (3): 216-227.
additional source	Old, M.C. (1936). III. Yucatan fresh-water sponges. In: Pearse, A.S.; E.P. Creaser; F.G. Hall (eds.). The Cenotes of Yucatan. A Zoological and Hydrographic Survey. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 457: 29-31, figs 1-2.
additional source	Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388.
additional source	Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII.
additional source	Stephens, J. (1920). The freshwater sponges of Ireland. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 35 (B): 205-254.
additional source	Pronzato, R.; Manconi, R. (2001). Atlas of European freshwater sponges. Annali Museo Civico Storia Naturale Ferrara. 4: 3-64.
additional source	Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1932). The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 81 (2927):1-140.
biology source	Morrow, C.; Picton, B.; Erpenbeck, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Maggs, C.; Allcock, A. (2012). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62(1): 174-190.
biology source	Adams, E.D.M.; Goss, G.G.; Leys, S.P. (2010). Freshwater Sponges Have Functional, Sealing Epithelia with High Transepithelial Resistance and Negative Transepithelial Potential. PLoS ONE. 5(11): e15040.

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 lacustris (Linnaeus, 1759). 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:167235

Dr. Ole Tendal. Spongilla lacustris (Linnaeus, 1759). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/65177656-6c26-4bdd-9942-4549535f8bcf