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Clathria (Microciona) antarctica (Topsent, 1917) 
AphiaID: 167613

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Microcionidae (Family) > Microcioninae (Subfamily) > Clathria (Genus) > Clathria (Microciona) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Clathria (Microciona) Bowerbank, 1862
Synonymised
taxa
  Anchinoe antarctica Topsent, 1917 (genus transfer)
Anchinoe toxifera (Topsent, 1913) (genus transfer and junior homonym)
Anchinoe toxifera var. antarctica Topsent, 1917 (genus transfer and status change)
Clathria (Microciona) basispinosa (Burton, 1934) (junior synonym)
Clathria (Microciona) toxifera (Topsent, 1913) (preoccupied)
Clathria (Microciona) tuberculata (Burton, 1934) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Microciona basispinosa Burton, 1934 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Pseudanchinoe toxifera (Topsent, 1913) (genus transfer)
Stylostichon toxiferum Topsent, 1913 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Topsent, E. 1917. Spongiaires. Pp. 1-88, pls 1-6. In: Joubin, L. (Ed.), Deuxième Expédition Antarctique Française (1908-1910) Commandée par le Dr. Jean Charcot. Sciences Physiques: Documents Scientifiques (Paris). 4. (Masson & Cie: Paris). [details] [full text]

additional source: Hooper, J.N.A. 1996a. Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 40: 1-626. [details] [full text]

from synonym: Topsent, E. 1913b. Spongiaires de l’Expédition Antarctique Nationale Ecossaise. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 49(3):579-643, pls I-VI. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Burton, M. 1929a. Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. British Antarctic (‘Terra Nova’) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, British Museum (Natural History). Zoology 6(4): 393-458,pls I-V. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Burton, M. 1932b. Sponges. Discovery Reports 6: 237-392, pls 48-57. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Burton, M. 1940. Las Esponjas marinas del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales. (Parte 1). Anales del Museo argentino de ciencias naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’ 40 (6): 95-121, pls I-VIII. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Koltun, V.M. 1964b. Sponges of the Antarctic. 1 Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. Pp. 6-133, 443-448. In: Pavlovskii, E.P., Andriyashev,A.P. & Ushakov, P.V. (Eds), Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958), Akademya Nauk SSSR [English translation,1966, Israel Program for Scientific Translation] [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Burton, M. 1934b. Sponges. Pp. 1-58, pls I-VIII. In: Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-03 under the Direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld. 3 (2). (Norstedt & Söner: Stockholm). [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Kelly, M. (2009). Demospongiae, Calcarea (Porifera). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Antarctic 200NM zone beyond the coastline (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Antarctic Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Antarctic Peninsula [details]
Falklands Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gough Island (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Macquarie Island [details]
Malvinas/Falklands [details]
Ross Sea [details]
South Georgia [details]
Tristan Gough [details]
Uruguayan Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Uruguay-Buenos Aires Shelf [details]
Specimens  Cotype (from synonym): MNHN DT 668, locality Doumer Island (Entre l'ilot Goetschy et l'ile Doumer, Antarctique; Dr 5) [view taxon]
Cotype (from synonym): MNHN DT 668, locality Doumer Island (Entre l'ilot Goetschy et l'ile Doumer, Antarctique; Dr 5) [view taxon]
Holotype (from synonym): MNHN DT 1612, locality Gough Island (stn 12) [view taxon]
Unknown type (from synonym): MNHN DT 669, locality Lockroy, Port (Dr 15) [view taxon]
Unknown type (from synonym): MNHN DT 669, locality Lockroy, Port (Dr 15) [view taxon]
Links Australian Faunal Directory
To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167613
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2009-03-05 03:18:31Z  checked  Hooper, John
  
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  Citation: Hooper, J. (2013). Clathria (Microciona) antarctica (Topsent, 1917). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167613 on 2013-05-23
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