Porifera name details
Hircinia purpurea Whitfield, 1901
191640 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191640)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
Hircinia Nardo, 1834 accepted as Ircinia Nardo, 1833
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Whitfield, R.P. (1901). Notice of a new sponge from Bermuda and of some other forms from the Bahamas. <i>Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 14</i>: 47-50; pls I-V (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 49-50 [details]
page(s): 49-50 [details]
Holotype AMNH 106, AMNH 106, geounit Bahamian
, Type locality contained in Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Homonymy This combination is a junior primary homonym of Hircinia purpurea Hyatt, 1877. The latter is a j.syn. of Callyspongia...
Homonymy This combination is a junior primary homonym of Hircinia purpurea Hyatt, 1877. The latter is a j.syn. of Callyspongia (Cladochalina) tenerrima Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864, thus the homonym has been removed. [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. Hircinia purpurea Whitfield, 1901. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=191640 on 2025-04-25
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Whitfield, R.P. (1901). Notice of a new sponge from Bermuda and of some other forms from the Bahamas. <i>Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 14</i>: 47-50; pls I-V (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 49-50 [details]
page(s): 49-50 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Homonymy This combination is a junior primary homonym of Hircinia purpurea Hyatt, 1877. The latter is a j.syn. of Callyspongia (Cladochalina) tenerrima Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864, thus the homonym has been removed. [details]
