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Clathria (Clathria) prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

167563  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167563)

accepted
Species
Clathria (Clathria) delicata Lambe, 1896 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Clathria delicata Lambe, 1896 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Clathria prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Microciona prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia ostracina Rafinesque, 1818 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Spongia prolifera Ellis & Solander, 1786 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia urceolata Desor, 1851 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spongia prolifera Ellis & Solander, 1786) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909
page(s): 189-190 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Type locality contained in Virginian  
type locality contained in Virginian [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Note Originally described from New Jersey, NW...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Originally described from New Jersey, NW Atlantic, and subsequently reported from the whole Eastern Seaboard of the USA and south to Florida, Mexico and Brazil. The tropical records of this species need to be re-examined and are expected to belong to a different species. [details]
Taxonomy Vosmaer (1935) lumped large numbers of unrelated species under the name Microciona prolifera. This is untenable and best...  
Taxonomy Vosmaer (1935) lumped large numbers of unrelated species under the name Microciona prolifera. This is untenable and best ignored. [details]

Taxonomy For a comprehensive synonymy and further references concerning this species see Hooper, 1996a: 175-176.  
Taxonomy For a comprehensive synonymy and further references concerning this species see Hooper, 1996a: 175-176. [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Clathria (Clathria) prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167563 on 2024-04-18
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original description  (of Clathria delicata Lambe, 1896) Lambe, L.M. (1896). Sponges from the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada.</em> 2 (2): 181-211, pls. I-III.
page(s): 192 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongia prolifera Ellis & Solander, 1786) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909
page(s): 189-190 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongia ostracina Rafinesque, 1818) Rafinesque, C.S. 1818c. Descriptions of species of sponges observed on the shores of Long Island. American Journal of Science and Arts 1: 149-151. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Spongia urceolata Desor, 1851) Desor, E. (1848 (1851)). Zoological Investigations among the shoals of Nantucket. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 3 (1848-51): 11, 17, 67-68., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870369 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Hooper, J.N.A. (1996). Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 40: 1-626., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40092950
page(s): 175-176 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1984). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. <i>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands</i>. 66 (199): 1-167.
page(s): 91-93 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 146-147 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Varsha, M.S.; ; Ranjith, L.; Varghese, M.; Joshi, K.K.; Sethulakshmi, M.; Prasad, A.R.; Antony, T.P.; Parvathy. M.S.; Jesuraj, N.; Muthukrishnan, P.; Ravindren, I.; Paulpondi, A.; Kanthan, K.P.; Karuppuswami, M.; Biswas, M.; Gopalakrishnan, A. (2020). Biodiversity of sponges (Phylum: Porifera) off Tuticorin, India. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 62(2): 40-57., available online at https://doi.org/10.6024/jmbai.2020.62.2.2250-05
page(s): 46; note: Probable misapplication. C. prolifera is an NW and SW Atlantic species, not previously reported in the Gulf of Mannar, Indian region. Until the record is confirmed through re-examination of voucher sp...  
Probable misapplication. C. prolifera is an NW and SW Atlantic species, not previously reported in the Gulf of Mannar, Indian region. Until the record is confirmed through re-examination of voucher specimens this distribution is incertae sedis
 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record  (of Clathria prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record  (of Microciona prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. <em>The Audubon Society.</em> 1-799. [details]   

additional source  (of Microciona prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C  [details]   

additional source  (of Microciona prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) George, W.C.; Wilson, H.V. (1919). Sponges of Beaufort (N.C.) Harbor and Vicinity. <i>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Washington</i>. 36: 129-179, pls. LVI-LXVI.
page(s): 157-158 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Microciona prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) Little, F.J. Jr. (1963). The sponge fauna of the St. George's Sound, Apalache Bay, and Panama City Regions of the Florida Gulf Coast. <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology 11(2).</em> 31-71.
page(s): 49 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Microciona prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) Burton, M.; Rao, H.S. (1932). Report on the shallow water marine sponges in the collection of the Indian Museum. Part I. <em>Records of the indian Museum.</em> 34(3): 299-356.
page(s): 314; note: Misapplication. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Microciona prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) Thomas, P.A. (1981). A second collection of marine Demospongiae from Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Sciences zoologiques.</em> 233: 1-63.
page(s): 25-26; note: Misapplication [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Microciona prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Microciona prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

additional source  (of Clathria delicata Lambe, 1896) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS[details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Clathria delicata Lambe, 1896) Hentschel, E. (1929). Die Kiesel- und Hornschwämme des Nördlichen Eismeers. Pp. 857-1042, pls XII-XIV. <em>In: Römer, F., Schaudinn, F., Brauer, A. & Arndt, W. (Eds), Fauna Arctica. Eine Zusammenstellung der arktischen Tierformen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898.</em> 5 (4) (G.Fischer, Jena). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Microciona prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) Long, E.R. (1968). The associates of four species of marine sponges of Oregon and Washington. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 22 (3): 347-351.
page(s): 348 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

biology source  (of Microciona prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) Fernández-Busquets, X.; Burger, M.M. (1999). Sponge cell adhesion: an evolutionary ancestor of histocompatibility systems? <i>In</i>: Hooper J.N.A. (ed) Origin and Outlook. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 44: 184. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
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From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Vosmaer (1935) lumped large numbers of unrelated species under the name Microciona prolifera. This is untenable and best ignored. [details]

Taxonomy For a comprehensive synonymy and further references concerning this species see Hooper, 1996a: 175-176. [details]

Type locality Originally described from New Jersey, NW Atlantic, and subsequently reported from the whole Eastern Seaboard of the USA and south to Florida, Mexico and Brazil. The tropical records of this species need to be re-examined and are expected to belong to a different species. [details]
LanguageName 
English red sponge [from synonym]red moss sponge [from synonym]red bread sponge [from synonym]red beard sponge [from synonym]  [details]
German Roter Moosschwamm [from synonym]  [details]


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