MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) physa (Schmidt, 1875)

ERMS taxon details

Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) physa (Schmidt, 1875)

AphiaID

168839 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168839)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) Thomson, 1873

Original name

Desmacidon physa Schmidt, 1875

Synonymised names

Coelosphaera physa (Schmidt, 1875) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)

Cornulum ascidioides Fristedt, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Desmacidon physa Schmidt, 1875 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Desmacidon physa Schmidt, 1875) Schmidt, O. (1875). Spongien. Die Expedition zur physikalisch-chemischen und biologischen Untersuchung der Nordsee im Sommer 1872. Jahresbericht der Commission zur Wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der Deutschen Meere in Kiel. 2-3: 115-120, pl. I., available online at https://archive.org/details/wissenschaftlich2318komm
page(s): 118 [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. Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) physa (Schmidt, 1875). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168839 on 2026-08-09

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) physa (Schmidt, 1875). Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168839 on 2026-08-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2010-04-09 18:28:10Z

checked

van Soest, Rob W.M.

Licensing

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original description (of Cornulum ascidioides Fristedt, 1887) Fristedt, K. (1887). Sponges from the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and the Behring Sea. Vega-Expeditionens Vetenskap. Iakttagelser (Nordenskiöld) 4. 401-471, pls 22-31.
page(s): 445-446 [details]

original description (of Desmacidon physa Schmidt, 1875) Schmidt, O. (1875). Spongien. Die Expedition zur physikalisch-chemischen und biologischen Untersuchung der Nordsee im Sommer 1872. Jahresbericht der Commission zur Wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der Deutschen Meere in Kiel. 2-3: 115-120, pl. I., available online at https://archive.org/details/wissenschaftlich2318komm
page(s): 118 [details]

additional source Sim, C.J.; Byeon, H.S. 1989. A systematic study on the marine sponges in Korea. 9. Ceractinomorpha. The Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 5 (1): 33-57.
page(s): 44; note: Doubtful. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cornulum ascidioides Fristedt, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Desmacidon physa Schmidt, 1875)
To PESI (from synonym Desmacidon physa Schmidt, 1875)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cornulum ascidioides Fristedt, 1887)
To PESI (from synonym Coelosphaera physa (Schmidt, 1875))