TABLE 7 in Taxonomy of Placospongia Gray, 1867 from Northern and Northeastern Brazil, with description of two new species (Porifera: Demospongiae: Clionaida)

TABLE 7. Proposed revised names of all previous records of Placospongia species from Brazil.
Original nameReferenceLocalityProposed Revised NameP. carinataHechtel (1976)PernambucoPlacospongia sp. (undescribed)Coelho & Mello-Leitão (1978)ParáP. ruetzleriDresch et al. (2005)PernambucoPlacospongia sp. (not examined)P. cristataBoury-Esnault (1973)PernambucoP. cristata (original description)Bispo et al. (2006)BahiaP. cristataBettcher et al. (2023)BahiaP. cristataP. giseleaeMácola & Menegola (2021)Bahia, PernambucoP. giseleaeP. intermediaMuricy & Moraes (1998)PernambucoP. ruetzleriJimenez et al. (2004)CearáP. ruetzleriP. ruetzleriMácola & Menegola (2021)BahiaP. ruetzleriBettcher et al. (2023)BahiaP. ruetzleri (in part; MNRJ 20533, 21092, 21882)Bettcher et al. (2023)BahiaP. colombiensis (in part; MNRJ 22243)Bettcher et al. (2023)BahiaP. cristata (in part; MNRJ 29661)P. melobesioidesGonzalez-Farías (1989)Gulf of MexicoP. beatrizae sp. nov.Mothes et al. (2006)AmapáP. beatrizae sp. nov.Leonel et al. (2011)ParaíbaPlacospongia sp. (not examined)