Ephydatia subtilis Weltner, 1895:141
Kissimmee sponge
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (NatureServe, 2026)
Last record: late 1800's (NatureServe, 2026)
Distribution & Habitat
Lake Kissimmee, Florida, USA
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Weltner, W. (1895). Spongillidenstudien III. Katalog und Verbreitung der bekannten Süsswasserschwämme. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 61(1): 114-144.
Other references:
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. and Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Ephydatia subtilis Weltner, 1895. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=815639 on 2026-08-24
Harrison, F. W. (1979). The taxonomic and ecological status of the environmentally restricted spongillid species of North America. V. Ephydatia subtilis (Weltner) and Stratospongilla penneyi sp. nov. Hydrobiologia 65: 99-105. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00017415
Hart, C. W., Jr., and Fuller, S. L. H. (eds.). (1974). Pollution Ecology of Freshwater Invertebrates. New York: Academic Press. 389 pp.
NatureServe. (2026). Ephydatia subtilis: Kissimmee Sponge. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available at: https://explorer.natureserve.org/ [Accessed on 13 September 2026]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (1989). Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; animal notice of review. Federal Register 54(4): 554-579.