Porifera taxon details
Holopsamma crassa Carter, 1885
167831 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167831)
accepted
Species
Aulena crassa (Carter, 1885) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Halme globosa Lendenfeld, 1886 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Halme micropora Lendenfeld, 1886 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Psammoclema crassum (Carter, 1885) · unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)
Psammopemma crassum (Carter, 1885) · unaccepted
- Variety Holopsamma crassa var. clathrata (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Psammoclema clathratum (Dendy, 1905) (genus transfer and status change)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 15(87): 196-222.
page(s): 211-212 [details]
page(s): 211-212 [details]
Lectotype (of Halme micropora Lendenfeld, 1886) BMNH...
Lectotype (of Halme micropora Lendenfeld, 1886) BMNH 1886.8.27.89, geounit Manning-Hawkesbury [details]
Lectotype BMNH 1886.12.15.313, geounit Bassian [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. Holopsamma crassa Carter, 1885. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167831 on 2025-05-10
original description
Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 15(87): 196-222.
page(s): 211-212 [details]
original description (of Halme globosa Lendenfeld, 1886) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1886 [1885]). A Monograph of the Australian Sponges. Part V. The Auleninae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 10 (3): 282-325, pls 26-35.
page(s): 303-304 [details]
original description (of Halme micropora Lendenfeld, 1886) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1886 [1885]). A Monograph of the Australian Sponges. Part V. The Auleninae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 10 (3): 282-325, pls 26-35.
page(s): 304-305 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist
page(s): 281 [details]
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): 487-490 [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 268 [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record (of Halme globosa Lendenfeld, 1886) Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details]
basis of record (of Psammopemma crassum (Carter, 1885)) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 638-639 [details]
additional source (of Halme micropora Lendenfeld, 1886) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12.
page(s): 159 [details]
additional source (of Halme micropora Lendenfeld, 1886) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 461 [details]
additional source (of Halme globosa Lendenfeld, 1886) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12.
page(s): 157 [details]
additional source (of Halme globosa Lendenfeld, 1886) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 456-457 [details]
source of synonymy (of Halme micropora Lendenfeld, 1886) Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist
page(s): 281-282 [details]
source of synonymy (of Psammoclema crassum (Carter, 1885)) Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference (of Aulena crassa (Carter, 1885)) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 101 [details]
page(s): 211-212 [details]
original description (of Halme globosa Lendenfeld, 1886) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1886 [1885]). A Monograph of the Australian Sponges. Part V. The Auleninae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 10 (3): 282-325, pls 26-35.
page(s): 303-304 [details]
original description (of Halme micropora Lendenfeld, 1886) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1886 [1885]). A Monograph of the Australian Sponges. Part V. The Auleninae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 10 (3): 282-325, pls 26-35.
page(s): 304-305 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist
page(s): 281 [details]
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): 487-490 [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 268 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record (of Halme globosa Lendenfeld, 1886) Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details]
basis of record (of Psammopemma crassum (Carter, 1885)) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 638-639 [details]
additional source (of Halme micropora Lendenfeld, 1886) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12.
page(s): 159 [details]
additional source (of Halme micropora Lendenfeld, 1886) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 461 [details]
additional source (of Halme globosa Lendenfeld, 1886) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12.
page(s): 157 [details]
additional source (of Halme globosa Lendenfeld, 1886) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 456-457 [details]
source of synonymy (of Halme micropora Lendenfeld, 1886) Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist
page(s): 281-282 [details]
source of synonymy (of Psammoclema crassum (Carter, 1885)) Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference (of Aulena crassa (Carter, 1885)) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 101 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Halme micropora Lendenfeld, 1886) BMNH 1886.8.27.89, geounit Manning-Hawkesbury [details]
Lectotype BMNH 1886.12.15.313, geounit Bassian [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Halme micropora Lendenfeld, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Halme globosa Lendenfeld, 1886)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Halme micropora Lendenfeld, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Halme globosa Lendenfeld, 1886)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
