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

Suberites ficus (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

Species group names

*Suberites domuncula var. ficus*	(Johnston, 1842)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: vijgspons sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: fig sponge; orange fig horny sponge; Orange sponge; sea orange; Wandering sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);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].;Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.;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 figuier 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: Feigenschwamm; Korkschwamm sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee;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.

Japanese: ツミイレカイメン sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Russian: Пробковая губка суберитес фикус

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).
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additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (1993). Distribution of sponges on the Mauritanian continental shelf. In:Wolff,W.J., van der Land, J., Nienhuis,P.H. & de Wilde, P.A.W.J. (Eds), Ecological Studies in the Coastal Waters of Mauritania. Hydrobiologia. 258: 95-106.
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additional source	Uriz, M.J. (1988). Deep-water sponges from the continental shelf and slope off Namibia (Southwest Africa): Classses Hexactinellida and Demospongia. Monografías de Zoología Marina. 3: 9-157.
additional source	Rho, B.J.; Sim, C.J. (1972). Marine sponges in South Korea (3). Journal of the Korean Research Institute for Better Living. 8: 181-192.
additional source	Hiscock, K.; Stone, S.M.K.; George, J.D. (1984). The marine fauna of Lundy. Porifera (sponges): a preliminary study. Report Lundy Field Society. 34: 16-35.
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additional source	Topsent, E. (1891). Spongaires des côtes océaniques de France. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 6: 125-129.
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additional source	Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society. 1-175.
additional source	Hanitsch, R. (1891). Notes on some sponges collected by Professor Herdman off the west coast of Ireland from the 'Argo'. Transactions of the Biological Society of Liverpool. 5: 213-222.
additional source	Uriz, M.J. (1983). Monografía I. Contribución a la fauna de esponjas (Demospongia) de Cataluña. Anales de la Sección Ciencias del Colegio Universitario de Gerona. 7: 1-220.
redescription	Samaai, T.; Maduray, S.; Janson, L.; Gibbons, M.J.; Ngwakum, B.; Teske, P.R. (2017). A new species of habitat–forming Suberites (Porifera, Demospongiae, Suberitida) in the Benguela upwelling region (South Africa). Zootaxa. 4254 (1): 49–81.
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.

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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 ficus (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:134285