WoRMS taxon details
Microscleroderma hirsutum Kirkpatrick, 1903
171189 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171189)
accepted
Species
Amphibleptula hirsuta (Kirkpatrick, 1903) · unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kirkpatrick, R. (1903). Descriptions of South African Sponges. Part II. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 2 (14): 171-180, pl. IV.
page(s): 173-175 [details]
page(s): 173-175 [details]
Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal [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. Microscleroderma hirsutum Kirkpatrick, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171189 on 2025-08-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Kirkpatrick, R. (1903). Descriptions of South African Sponges. Part II. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 2 (14): 171-180, pl. IV.
page(s): 173-175 [details]
page(s): 173-175 [details]
Other
additional source
Pérez, T.; Vacelet, J.; Bitar, G.; Zibrowius, H. (2004). Two new lithistids (Porifera: Demospongiae) from a shallow eastern Mediterranean cave (Lebanon). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 84 (1): 15-24. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J. (2008). Tetractinellid and hadromerid sponges from the Sultanate of Oman. <em>Zoölogische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 82 (53): 749-790.
page(s): 784-785; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1929). Description of South African sponges collected in the South African Marine Survey. Part II. The 'Lithistidae', with critical survey of the desma-forming sponges. <em>Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey Division, Union of South Africa Report 7. Special Report.</em> 1: 1-12. [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. <em>In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London.</em> Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 217; note: Misapplication [details]
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J. (2008). Tetractinellid and hadromerid sponges from the Sultanate of Oman. <em>Zoölogische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 82 (53): 749-790.
page(s): 784-785; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1929). Description of South African sponges collected in the South African Marine Survey. Part II. The 'Lithistidae', with critical survey of the desma-forming sponges. <em>Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey Division, Union of South Africa Report 7. Special Report.</em> 1: 1-12. [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. <em>In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London.</em> Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 217; note: Misapplication [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Van Soest & Beglinger (2008) provided a photo of a specimen collected by the Murray Expedition to the Northwestern Indian Ocean, but this specimen is not of Kirkpatrick's species. There are four Murray Expedition specimens labeled with this species name, but the Van Soest & Beglinger specimen photo does not match with Burton's description ('a mass of caliculate individuals'). The specimen must be identified anew. [details]Unreviewed
Holotype BMNH 1902.5.26.1 [details]
