WoRMS name details
Wilsonella Carter, 1885
184976 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184976)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Genus
Wilsonella australiensis Carter, 1885 accepted as Clathria (Wilsonella) australiensis Carter, 1885 (type by monotypy)
- Species Wilsonella alata (Dendy, 1896) accepted as Clathria (Dendrocia) pyramida Lendenfeld, 1888 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Wilsonella appendiculata (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) cactiformis (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Wilsonella australiensis Carter, 1885 accepted as Clathria (Wilsonella) australiensis Carter, 1885 (genus transfer)
- Species Wilsonella australis (Lendenfeld, 1888) accepted as Crella incrustans arenacea (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer, junior synonym and status change)
- Species Wilsonella conectens Hallmann, 1912 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) conectens (Hallmann, 1912) (genus transfer)
- Species Wilsonella curvichela Hallmann, 1912 accepted as Clathria (Dendrocia) curvichela (Hallmann, 1912) (genus transfer)
- Species Wilsonella echinonematissima Carter, 1887 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) echinonematissima (Carter, 1887) (genus transfer)
- Species Wilsonella imperfecta (Dendy, 1896) accepted as Clathria (Dendrocia) imperfecta Dendy, 1896 (genus transfer)
- Species Wilsonella indica (Dendy, 1889) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) indica Dendy, 1889 (genus transfer)
- Species Wilsonella myxilloides (Dendy, 1896) accepted as Clathria (Dendrocia) myxilloides Dendy, 1896 (genus transfer)
- Species Wilsonella oxyphila Hallmann, 1912 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) oxyphila (Hallmann, 1912) (genus transfer)
- Species Wilsonella piniformis (Carter, 1885) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) piniformis (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer)
- Species Wilsonella placenta (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) placenta (Lamarck, 1814)
- Species Wilsonella pyramida (Lendenfeld, 1888) accepted as Clathria (Dendrocia) pyramida Lendenfeld, 1888 (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368. [details] 
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. Wilsonella Carter, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=184976 on 2025-09-12
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Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368. [details] 
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875. pp. 432-468. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 432–468. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875. pp. 432-468. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] Available for editors

basis of record Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 432–468. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
