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Microciona Bowerbank, 1862

131872  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131872)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Poecilosclerida (Order)
  7. Microcionidae (Family)
  8. Microcioninae (Subfamily)
  9. Microciona (Genus)
 unaccepted (subgenus transfer)
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  1. Species Microciona acanthotoxa Lévi & Lévi, 1989 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) claudei Hooper, 1996 (genus transfer and homonym)
  2. Species Microciona acanthotoxa (Stephens, 1916) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) acanthotoxa (Stephens, 1916) (genus transfer)
  3. Species Microciona aceratoobtusa Carter, 1887 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) aceratoobtusa (Carter, 1887) (genus transfer)
  4. Species Microciona affinis Carter, 1880 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) affinis (Carter, 1880) (genus transfer)
  5. Species Microciona affinis (Topsent, 1889) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) campecheae Hooper, 1996
  6. Species Microciona africana Lévi, 1956 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) africana (Lévi, 1956) (genus transfer)
  7. Species Microciona ambigua Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Plocamionida ambigua (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  8. Species Microciona anchorata (Carter, 1874) accepted as Clathria (Paresperia) anchorata (Carter, 1874) (genus transfer)
  9. Species Microciona angularis Sarà & Siribelli, 1960 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) angularis (Sarà & Siribelli, 1960) (genus transfer)
  10. Species Microciona anonyma Burton, 1959 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) anonyma (Burton, 1959) (genus transfer)
  11. Species Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) armata (Bowerbank, 1862) (genus transfer)
  12. Species Microciona ascendens Cabioch, 1968 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) ascendens (Cabioch, 1968) (genus transfer)
  13. Species Microciona assimilis (Topsent, 1925) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) assimilis Topsent, 1925 (genus transfer)
  14. Species Microciona atrasanguinea Bowerbank, 1862 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) atrasanguinea (Bowerbank, 1862) (genus transfer)
  15. Species Microciona basispinosa Burton, 1934 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) antarctica (Topsent, 1916) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  16. Species Microciona bihamigera Waller, 1878 accepted as Phorbas bihamiger (Waller, 1878) (genus transfer)
  17. Species Microciona bitoxa (Burton, 1930) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) bitoxa (Burton, 1930) (genus transfer)
  18. Species Microciona bulboretorta Carter, 1880 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) bulboretorta (Carter, 1880) (genus transfer)
  19. Species Microciona bulbotoxa (van Soest, 1984) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) bulbotoxa van Soest, 1984 (genus transfer)
  20. Species Microciona calla (de Laubenfels, 1934) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) calla (de Laubenfels, 1934) (genus transfer)
  21. Species Microciona carnosa Bowerbank, 1862 accepted as Phorbas plumosus (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  22. Species Microciona chelifera Lévi, 1960 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) tunisiae Hooper, 1996 (genus transfer and subsequent preoccupation)
  23. Species Microciona clathrata Whitelegge, 1907 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) biclathrata Hooper in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994 (preoccupied)
  24. Species Microciona cleistochela (Topsent, 1925) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) cleistochela Topsent, 1925 (genus transfer)
  25. Species Microciona coccinea Bergquist, 1961 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) coccinea (Bergquist, 1961) (genus transfer)
  26. Species Microciona ctenichela Alander, 1942 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) ctenichela (Alander, 1942) (genus transfer)
  27. Species Microciona curvichela Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) vacelettia Hooper, 1996 (genus transfer and subsequent preoccupation)
  28. Species Microciona curvispiculifera Carter, 1880 accepted as Cerbaris curvispiculifer (Carter, 1880) (genus transfer)
  29. Species Microciona dendyi Bergquist & Fromont, 1988 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) dendyi (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988) (genus transfer)
  30. Species Microciona densa Burton, 1959 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) densa (Burton, 1959) (genus transfer)
  31. Species Microciona dianae (Schmidt, 1875) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) dianae (Schmidt, 1875) (genus transfer)
  32. Species Microciona discreta Thiele, 1905 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) discreta (Thiele, 1905) (genus transfer)
  33. Species Microciona ditoxa (Stephens, 1916) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) ditoxa (Stephens, 1916) (genus transfer)
  34. Species Microciona dives Topsent, 1891 accepted as Phorbas dives (Topsent, 1891) (genus transfer)
  35. Species Microciona dubia Kirkpatrick, 1900 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) dubia (Kirkpatrick, 1900) (genus transfer)
  36. Species Microciona duplex (Sarà, 1958) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) duplex Sarà, 1958 (genus transfer)
  37. Species Microciona elliptichela Alander, 1942 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) elliptichela (Alander, 1942) (genus transfer)
  38. Species Microciona eurypa (de Laubenfels, 1954) accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) eurypa (de Laubenfels, 1954) (genus transfer)
  39. Species Microciona fallax Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) fallax (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  40. Species Microciona fascispiculifera Carter, 1880 accepted as Sigmeurypon fascispiculiferum (Carter, 1880) (genus transfer)
  41. Species Microciona ferrea (de Laubenfels, 1936) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) ferrea (de Laubenfels, 1936) (genus transfer)
  42. Species Microciona fictitia Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Phorbas fictitius (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  43. Species Microciona fraudator Bowerbank, 1867 accepted as Phorbas plumosus (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  44. Species Microciona frogeti Vacelet, 1969 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) frogeti (Vacelet, 1969) (genus transfer)
  45. Species Microciona gradalis (Topsent, 1925) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) gradalis Topsent, 1925 (genus transfer)
  46. Species Microciona haematodes de Laubenfels, 1957 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) haematodes (de Laubenfels, 1957) (genus transfer)
  47. Species Microciona haplotoxa (Topsent, 1928) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) haplotoxa (Topsent, 1928) (genus transfer)
  48. Species Microciona heterospiculata Brøndsted, 1924 accepted as Antho (Antho) heterospiculata (Brøndsted, 1924) (genus transfer)
  49. Species Microciona heterotoxa Hentschel, 1929 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) heterotoxa (Hentschel, 1929) (genus transfer)
  50. Species Microciona intexta Carter, 1876 accepted as Rhabderemia intexta (Carter, 1876) (Basionym)
  51. Species Microciona ixauda Lévi, 1969 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) ixauda (Lévi, 1969) (genus transfer)
  52. Species Microciona jecusculum (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) jecusculum (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  53. Species Microciona juniperina (sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) virgultosa (Esper, 1806) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  54. Species Microciona kentii Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Phorbas plumosus (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  55. Species Microciona laevis Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) laevis (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  56. Species Microciona lambei Koltun, 1955 accepted as Clathria (Axosuberites) lambei (Koltun, 1955) (genus transfer)
  57. Species Microciona levii Sarà & Siribelli, 1960 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) levii (Sarà & Siribelli, 1960) (genus transfer)
  58. Species Microciona longispiculum Carter, 1876 accepted as Eurypon longispiculum (Carter, 1876) (genus transfer)
  59. Species Microciona longistyla Burton, 1959 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) longistyla (Burton, 1959) (genus transfer)
  60. Species Microciona longitoxa (Hentschel, 1912) accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) longitoxa (Hentschel, 1912) (genus transfer)
  61. Species Microciona macrochela Lévi, 1960 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) macrochela (Lévi, 1960) (genus transfer)
  62. Species Microciona maunaloa de Laubenfels, 1951 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) maunaloa (de Laubenfels, 1951) (genus transfer)
  63. Species Microciona microchela Hechtel, 1965 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) venosa (Alcolado, 1984) (genus transfer and preoccupied)
  64. Species Microciona microjoanna de Laubenfels, 1930 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) microjoanna (de Laubenfels, 1930) (genus transfer)
  65. Species Microciona micronesia de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) micronesia (de Laubenfels, 1954) (genus transfer)
  66. Species Microciona minutula Carter, 1880 accepted as Rhabderemia pusilla (Carter, 1876) (junior synonym)
  67. Species Microciona monticularis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Aulospongus monticularis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
  68. Species Microciona mortenseni (Brøndsted, 1924) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) mortenseni Brøndsted, 1924 (genus transfer)
  69. Species Microciona novaezealandiae Brøndsted, 1924 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) novaezealandiae (Brøndsted, 1924) (genus transfer)
  70. Species Microciona osismica Cabioch, 1968 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) osismica (Cabioch, 1968) (genus transfer)
  71. Species Microciona parthena de Laubenfels, 1930 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) parthena (de Laubenfels, 1930) (genus transfer)
  72. Species Microciona pennata (Lambe, 1895) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) pennata (Lambe, 1895) (genus transfer)
  73. Species Microciona placenta sensu de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) lematolae Hooper, 1996 (genus transfer & junior homonym)
  74. Species Microciona plana Carter, 1876 accepted as Clathria (Paresperia) anchorata (Carter, 1874) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  75. Species Microciona plinthina de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) plinthina (de Laubenfels, 1954) (genus transfer)
  76. Species Microciona plumosa (Montagu, 1814) accepted as Phorbas plumosus (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer)
  77. Species Microciona poecilosclera Sarà & Siribelli, 1960 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) poecilosclera (Sarà & Siribelli, 1960) (genus transfer)
  78. Species Microciona polita (Ridley, 1881) accepted as Clathria (Cornulotrocha) polita (Ridley, 1881) (genus transfer)
  79. Species Microciona primitiva Koltun, 1955 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) primitiva (Koltun, 1955) (genus transfer)
  80. Species Microciona prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (genus transfer)
  81. Species Microciona pusilla Carter, 1876 accepted as Rhabderemia pusilla (Carter, 1876) (genus transfer)
  82. Species Microciona pyramidalis Brøndsted, 1924 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) pyramidalis (Brøndsted, 1924) (genus transfer)
  83. Species Microciona quadriradiata Carter, 1880 accepted as Cyamon quadriradiatum (Carter, 1880) (genus transfer)
  84. Species Microciona quadriradiatum Carter, 1880 accepted as Cyamon quadriradiatum (Carter, 1880) (genus transfer)
  85. Species Microciona quinqueradiata Carter, 1880 accepted as Cyamon quinqueradiatum (Carter, 1880) (genus transfer)
  86. Species Microciona rarispinosa Hechtel, 1965 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) rarispinosa (Hechtel, 1965) (genus transfer)
  87. Species Microciona rhopalophora (Hentschel, 1912) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) rhopalophora (Hentschel, 1912) (genus transfer)
  88. Species Microciona robusta Dendy, 1922 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) robusta (Dendy, 1922) (genus transfer)
  89. Species Microciona rubens Bergquist, 1961 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) leighensis Hooper, 1996 (preoccupied and genus transfer)
  90. Species Microciona scabida (Carter, 1885) accepted as Clathria (Dendrocia) scabida (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer)
  91. Species Microciona scabiosum (Topsent, 1927) accepted as Eurypon scabiosum (Topsent, 1927) (genus transfer)
  92. Species Microciona sigmoidea Cuartas, 1992 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) sigmoidea (Cuartas, 1992) (genus transfer)
  93. Species Microciona similis Stephens, 1915 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) stephensae Hooper, 1996 (preoccupied and genus transfer)
  94. Species Microciona similis (Thiele, 1903) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) similis (Thiele, 1903) (genus transfer)
  95. Species Microciona simplicima Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Bubaris vermiculata (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  96. Species Microciona simplicissima Norman, 1869 accepted as Bubaris vermiculata (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  97. Species Microciona simpsoni (van Soest, 1984) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) echinata (Alcolado, 1984) (genus transfer)
  98. Species Microciona spinarcus Carter & Hope, 1889 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) spinarcus (Carter & Hope, 1889) (genus transfer)
  99. Species Microciona spinatoxa Hoshino, 1981 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) spinatoxa (Hoshino, 1981) (genus transfer)
  100. Species Microciona spinosa Wilson, 1902 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  101. Species Microciona spinulenta Bowerbank, 1866 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  102. Species Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  103. Species Microciona tenuis Stephens, 1915 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  104. Species Microciona tenuissima (Stephens, 1916) (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  105. Species Microciona toxifera (Hentschel, 1912) (unaccepted)
  106. Species Microciona toximajor (Topsent, 1925) (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  107. Species Microciona toxirecta Sarà & Siribelli, 1960 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  108. Species Microciona toxistyla Sarà, 1959 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  109. Species Microciona toxitenuis (Topsent, 1925) (unaccepted, reverted genus transfer)
  110. Species Microciona toxivaria Sarà, 1959 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  111. Species Microciona tuberosa Bowerbank, 1875 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  112. Species Microciona tumulosa Bowerbank, 1882 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  113. Species Microciona venosa Alcolado, 1984 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  114. Species Microciona virgula Sarà & Siribelli, 1960 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  115. Species Microciona namibiensis Uriz, 1984 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part II. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 152(2): 747-829, pls XXVII-XXXV. [details] OpenAccess publication
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. Microciona Bowerbank, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131872 on 2025-05-13
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2005-04-03 15:15:02Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-02-08 18:57:09Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part II. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 152(2): 747-829, pls XXVII-XXXV. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875. pp. 432-468. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 432–468. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Lévi, C. (1960). Les démosponges des côtes de France: 1. Les Clathriidae [The Demospongiae of the French coasts: 1. The Clathriidae. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 1 (1): 47-87. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 51 & 65-66 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 112-113 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source 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

 
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