Clathria (Thalysias) virgultosa (Lamarck, 1814) 
AphiaID: 167786

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Microcionidae (Family) > Microcioninae (Subfamily) > Clathria (Genus) > Clathria (Thalysias) (Subgenus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Clathria (Thalysias) Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Synonymised taxa		Clathria copiosa Topsent, 1889 (junior synonym) Clathria jugosa Wilson, 1902 (junior synonym) Clathria virgultosa (Lamarck, 1814) (subgenus assignment) Pandaros juniperina sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (genus transfer and junior synonym) Rhaphidophlus juniperinus (sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (genus transfer and junior synonym) Spongia virgultosa Lamarck, 1814 (genus transfer) Tenacia clathrata Schmidt, 1870 (genus transfer and junior synonym) Thalysias juniperina (sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (genus transfer and junior synonym) Thalysias virgultosa (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
Sources		original description: Lamarck, J.B.P. De Monet, Comte De, 1813-1814. Sur les polypiers empâtés. Suite du mémoire intitulé: Sur les Polypiers empâtés. Suite des éponges. Annales du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris 20 (6): 294-312 (published 1813), 370-386, 432-458 (published 1814). [details] basis of record: 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: Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Topsent, E. 1889. Quelques spongiaires du Banc de Campêche et de la Pointe-à-Pître. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France 2: 30-52. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Wilson, H.V. 1902 [1900]. The sponges collected in Porto Rico in 1899 by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Fish Hawk. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 2: 375-411. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Schmidt, O. 1870. Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Duchassaing De Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. 1864. Spongiaires de la mer Caraïbe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1984b. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 62 (191): 1-173. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936a. A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper N° 467) 30: 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Belize (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Caribbean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Costa Rica (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Cuba (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Eastern Caribbean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Florida (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Floridian (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Greater Antilles [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Jamaica (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [Caribbean part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Southern Gulf of Mexico [details] United States part of the Gulf of Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Virgin Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen		Unknown type (from synonym): MNHN DT 2154, locality Saint Thomas [view taxon]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To The Sponge Guide
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167786
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2008-07-16 18:35:54Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Clathria (Thalysias) virgultosa (Lamarck, 1814). 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: 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 at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167786 on 2013-05-22