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

Trochospongilla horrida Weltner, 1893

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Trochospongilla*	Vejdovsky, 1888	accepted genus name
*Trochospongilla horrida*	Weltner, 1893	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Spongilla horrida*	Weltner, 1893	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: River Rock freshwater sponge; rough freshwater 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 hérisson 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: Rauher Süßwasserschwamm

Literature

original description	Weltner, W. 1893. Über die Autorenbezeichnung von Spongilla erinaceus.Berichte der Gesellschaft für Naturforschender Freunde Berlin1893: 7-13.
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	Pronzato, R.; Manconi, R. (2001). Atlas of European freshwater sponges. Annali Museo Civico Storia Naturale Ferrara. 4: 3-64.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M.; Storm, B.; Swarte, M. (2000). Trochospongilla horrida, een nieuwe spons voor Nederland (Porifera: Spongillidae). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen. 2000 (II): 137-140 (in Dutch with English summary).

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. Trochospongilla horrida Weltner, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167257

Dr. Ole Tendal. Trochospongilla horrida Weltner, 1893. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/236e3000-1e49-4180-920b-fe0837edc974