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

Protosuberites epiphytum (Lamarck, 1815)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Prosuberites Topsent, 1893

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Protosuberites*	Swartschewsky, 1905	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Alcyonium epiphytum*	Lamarck, 1815	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: epiphytic horny 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].

French: éponge épiphyte

Literature

basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Suberitidae. Pp 227-244 In: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera - a guide to the classification of the sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York: 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Suberitidae. Pp 227-244 In: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera - a guide to the classification of the sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York: 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
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.

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. Protosuberites epiphytum (Lamarck, 1815). 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:170786