MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Verongia Bowerbank, 1845

ERMS name details

Verongia Bowerbank, 1845

Aplysina fistularis (Pallas, 1766)

AphiaID

131749 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131749)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Aplysina Nardo, 1834

Rank

Genus

Parent

Aplysinidae Carter, 1875

Original name

Verongia Bowerbank, 1845

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Species Verongia cavernicola Vacelet, 1959 accepted as Aplysina cavernicola (Vacelet, 1959) (genus transfer)
Species Verongia zetlandica Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Spongionella pulchella (Sowerby, 1804) (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Bowerbank, J.S. (1845). Observations on the Spongiadae, with descriptions of some new genera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 16(107): 400-410, pls XIII-XIV.
page(s): 403 [details]

Taxonomic 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. Verongia Bowerbank, 1845. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131749 on 2025-11-07

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Verongia Bowerbank, 1845. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131749 on 2025-11-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2006-02-01 19:04:21Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2009-11-11 13:55:53Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2022-01-16 13:49:20Z

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Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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original description Bowerbank, J.S. (1845). Observations on the Spongiadae, with descriptions of some new genera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 16(107): 400-410, pls XIII-XIV.
page(s): 403 [details]

basis of record Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. (2002). Family Aplysinidae Carter, 1875, pp. 1082-1085 In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

basis of record Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. (2002[2004]). Family Aplysinidae Carter, 1875, pp. 1082-1085 in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation. 3: 1-217.
page(s): 81-82 [details] Available for editors

additional source Vacelet, J. (1959). Répartition générale des éponges et systématique des éponges cornées de la région de Marseille et de quelques stations méditerranéennes. Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume. 16 (26): 39-101, pls 1-3.
page(s): 86 [details] Available for editors

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in RoR) [details]