Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Haplosclerida > Suborder Spongillina > Family Spongillidae > Genus Ephydatia

Ephydatia fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1759)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Spongia Linnaeus, 1759

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ephydatia*	Lamouroux, 1816	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Spongia fluviatilis*	Linnaeus, 1759	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

German: großer Süßwasserschwamm sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Polish: nawodnik rzeczny

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii).
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. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).
additional source	Pronzato, R.; Manconi, R. 2001. Atlas of European freshwater sponges. Annali Museo Civico Storia Naturale Ferrara 4: 3-64.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (234 nucleotides; 114 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (149 publications)
Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Ephydatia fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1759). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167144

Dr Ole Tendal. Ephydatia fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1759). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=227351