WoRMS taxon details
Wigginsia wigginsi de Laubenfels, 1953
167450 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167450)
accepted
Species
Antho fragilis (Koltun, 1959) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Plocamia fragilis Koltun, 1959 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Plocamionida fragilis (Koltun, 1959) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1953). Sponges of the Alaskan Arctic. <em>Smithosnian Miscellaneous Collection.</em> 121 (6): 1-22.
page(s): 7-9 [details]
page(s): 7-9 [details]
Holotype USNM 23222, geounit Chukchi Sea
Holotype USNM 23222, geounit Chukchi Sea [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. Wigginsia wigginsi de Laubenfels, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167450 on 2025-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1953). Sponges of the Alaskan Arctic. <em>Smithosnian Miscellaneous Collection.</em> 121 (6): 1-22.
page(s): 7-9 [details]
original description (of Plocamia fragilis Koltun, 1959) Koltun, V.M. (1959). Siliceous horny sponges of the northern and far eastern seas of the U.S.S.R. (Order Cornacuspongida). [In Russian] Opredeliteli po faune SSR. <em>Izdatelstvo Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii nauk USSR, Moscow-Leningrad.</em> 67: 1–236.
page(s): 176-178 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Antho fragilis (Koltun, 1959)) Koltun, V.M. (1959 [1971]). [Siliceous horny sponges of the northern and fareastern seas of the U.S.S.R.] [translation in English by Fisheries Research Board of Canada Translation Series No. 1842]. <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSR, izdavaemye Zoologicheskim muzeem Akademii nauk.</em> 67: 1-365. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Plocamia fragilis Koltun, 1959) Koltun, V.M. (1959 [1971]). [Siliceous horny sponges of the northern and fareastern seas of the U.S.S.R.] [translation in English by Fisheries Research Board of Canada Translation Series No. 1842]. <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSR, izdavaemye Zoologicheskim muzeem Akademii nauk.</em> 67: 1-365.
page(s): 200-201 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 412-431. <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 [request]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412–431. <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 [request]
page(s): 7-9 [details]
original description (of Plocamia fragilis Koltun, 1959) Koltun, V.M. (1959). Siliceous horny sponges of the northern and far eastern seas of the U.S.S.R. (Order Cornacuspongida). [In Russian] Opredeliteli po faune SSR. <em>Izdatelstvo Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii nauk USSR, Moscow-Leningrad.</em> 67: 1–236.
page(s): 176-178 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Antho fragilis (Koltun, 1959)) Koltun, V.M. (1959 [1971]). [Siliceous horny sponges of the northern and fareastern seas of the U.S.S.R.] [translation in English by Fisheries Research Board of Canada Translation Series No. 1842]. <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSR, izdavaemye Zoologicheskim muzeem Akademii nauk.</em> 67: 1-365. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Plocamia fragilis Koltun, 1959) Koltun, V.M. (1959 [1971]). [Siliceous horny sponges of the northern and fareastern seas of the U.S.S.R.] [translation in English by Fisheries Research Board of Canada Translation Series No. 1842]. <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSR, izdavaemye Zoologicheskim muzeem Akademii nauk.</em> 67: 1-365.
page(s): 200-201 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 412-431. <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
[request]basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412–431. <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
[request]Other
additional source
Khodakovskaya, A.V. (2004). On the synonymy and distribution of <i>Wigginsia wigginsi</i> de Laubenfels, 1953 (Porifera, Demospongiae: Acarnidae). <em>Zoosystematica Rossica.</em> 12 (2): 143-144. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 23222, geounit Chukchi Sea [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Antho fragilis (Koltun, 1959))
To PESI (from synonym Plocamia fragilis Koltun, 1959)
To PESI (from synonym Plocamionida fragilis (Koltun, 1959))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 23222)
To ITIS
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Antho fragilis (Koltun, 1959))
To PESI (from synonym Plocamia fragilis Koltun, 1959)
To PESI (from synonym Plocamionida fragilis (Koltun, 1959))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 23222)
To ITIS
