AfReMaS taxon details
Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849)
157411 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157411)
accepted
Species
Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Vioa grantii Schmidt, 1862 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849) Hancock, A. (1849). On the Excavating Powers of certain Sponges belonging to the genus <i>Cliona</i> with descriptions of several new Species,and an allied generic form. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2)3(17): 321-348, pls XII-XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085612 [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. Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157411 on 2025-05-06
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157411 on 2025-05-06
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(of Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849) Hancock, A. (1849). On the Excavating Powers of certain Sponges belonging to the genus <i>Cliona</i> with descriptions of several new Species,and an allied generic form. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2)3(17): 321-348, pls XII-XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085612 [details]
original description (of Vioa grantii Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 78; pl VII fig 15 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Rützler, K. (1974). The burrowing sponges of Bermuda. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 165: 32 pp [details]
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ereskovsky, A.; Morozov, G. (2025). Checklist of sponges (Porifera) from the White Sea, Arctic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5584(1): 71-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.1.4
page(s): 77 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ben Mustapha, K; Zarrouk, S.; Souissi, A.; El Abed, A. (2003). Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. <em>Bulletin Institut national des Sciences et Technologies de la mer de Salammbô.</em> 30, 55-78. [details] Available for editors
additional source Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details] Available for editors
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ereskovsky, A.V.; Kovtun, O.A.; Pronin, K.K. (2016). Marine cave biota of the Tarkhankut Peninsula (Black Sea, Crimea), with emphasis on sponge taxonomic composition, spatial distribution and ecological particularities. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 96(2), 391-406., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315415001071
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cardone, F.; Corriero, G.; Fianchini, A.; Gravina, M. F.; Nonnis Marzano, C. (2014). Biodiversity of transitional waters: species composition and comparative analysis of hard bottom communities from the south-eastern Italian coast. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 94(01): 25-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315413001306
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors
additional source Calcinai, B.; Sacco Perasso, C.; Davidde Petriaggi, B.; Ricci, S. (2019). Endolithic and epilithic sponges of archaeological marble statues recovered in the Blue Grotto, Capri (Italy) and in the Antikythera shipwreck (Greece). <em>Facies.</em> 65(2)., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10347-019-0562-7
page(s): 5 & 7-8 [details] Available for editors
additional source Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
page(s): 2158 [details] Available for editors
redescription Rosell, D.; Uriz, M.J. (2002). Excavating and endolithic sponge species (Porifera) from the Mediterranean: species descriptions and identification key. <em>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution.</em> 2, 55-86.
page(s): 65-68; fig 7 & 8 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Vioa grantii Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 78; pl VII fig 15 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Rützler, K. (1974). The burrowing sponges of Bermuda. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 165: 32 pp [details]
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ereskovsky, A.; Morozov, G. (2025). Checklist of sponges (Porifera) from the White Sea, Arctic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5584(1): 71-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.1.4
page(s): 77 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ben Mustapha, K; Zarrouk, S.; Souissi, A.; El Abed, A. (2003). Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. <em>Bulletin Institut national des Sciences et Technologies de la mer de Salammbô.</em> 30, 55-78. [details] Available for editors
additional source Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details] Available for editors
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ereskovsky, A.V.; Kovtun, O.A.; Pronin, K.K. (2016). Marine cave biota of the Tarkhankut Peninsula (Black Sea, Crimea), with emphasis on sponge taxonomic composition, spatial distribution and ecological particularities. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 96(2), 391-406., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315415001071
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cardone, F.; Corriero, G.; Fianchini, A.; Gravina, M. F.; Nonnis Marzano, C. (2014). Biodiversity of transitional waters: species composition and comparative analysis of hard bottom communities from the south-eastern Italian coast. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 94(01): 25-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315413001306
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors
additional source Calcinai, B.; Sacco Perasso, C.; Davidde Petriaggi, B.; Ricci, S. (2019). Endolithic and epilithic sponges of archaeological marble statues recovered in the Blue Grotto, Capri (Italy) and in the Antikythera shipwreck (Greece). <em>Facies.</em> 65(2)., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10347-019-0562-7
page(s): 5 & 7-8 [details] Available for editors
additional source Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
page(s): 2158 [details] Available for editors
redescription Rosell, D.; Uriz, M.J. (2002). Excavating and endolithic sponge species (Porifera) from the Mediterranean: species descriptions and identification key. <em>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution.</em> 2, 55-86.
page(s): 65-68; fig 7 & 8 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Vioa grantii Schmidt, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) (from synonym Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pione vastifica)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pione vastifica)
To PESI (from synonym Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849)
To PESI
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Pione vastifica)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Pione vastifica)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Pione vastifica)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Pione vastifica)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (24 records) (from synonym Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (4 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 001851.PR)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Vioa grantii Schmidt, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) (from synonym Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pione vastifica)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pione vastifica)
To PESI (from synonym Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849)
To PESI
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Pione vastifica)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Pione vastifica)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Pione vastifica)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Pione vastifica)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (24 records) (from synonym Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (4 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 001851.PR)
