WoRMS taxon details
Clathria (Microciona) echinata (Alcolado, 1984)
167636 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167636)
accepted
Species
Axociella echinata Alcolado, 1984 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Clathria (Microciona) simpsoni van Soest, 1984 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Clathria echinata (Alcolado, 1984) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Clathria simpsoni Van Soest, 1984 · unaccepted (subgenus assignment and junior synonym)
Microciona simpsoni (van Soest, 1984) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Axociella echinata Alcolado, 1984) Alcolado, P.M. (1984). Nuevas especies de esponjas encontradas en Cuba [New species of sponges from Cuba]. <i>Poeyana 271</i>: 1-22 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 7; fig 3b & 4b [details]
page(s): 7; fig 3b & 4b [details]
Holotype (of Axociella echinata Alcolado, 1984)...
Holotype (of Axociella echinata Alcolado, 1984) IdO-399, geounit Greater Antilles [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Clathria (Microciona) echinata (Alcolado, 1984). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167636 on 2026-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Axociella echinata Alcolado, 1984) Alcolado, P.M. (1984). Nuevas especies de esponjas encontradas en Cuba [New species of sponges from Cuba]. <i>Poeyana 271</i>: 1-22 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 7; fig 3b & 4b [details]
original description (of Clathria (Microciona) simpsoni van Soest, 1984) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1984). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. <i>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands</i>. 66 (199): 1-167.
page(s): 97-99; pl. VII 2-4, Fig. 38 [details]
page(s): 7; fig 3b & 4b [details]
original description (of Clathria (Microciona) simpsoni van Soest, 1984) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1984). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. <i>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands</i>. 66 (199): 1-167.
page(s): 97-99; pl. VII 2-4, Fig. 38 [details]
Other
additional source
Gómez, P. (2014). The genus <em>Clathria</em> from the Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Caribbean, with redescription and resurrection of <em>Clathria carteri </em>(Poecilosclerida: Microcionidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3790(1): 51-085., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3790.1.3
page(s): 66; note: Misapplication: Partially misapplied for Clathria (Clathria) gomezae according to Van Soest, 2017: 146. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 61 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 66; note: Misapplication: Partially misapplied for Clathria (Clathria) gomezae according to Van Soest, 2017: 146. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 61 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Axociella echinata Alcolado, 1984) IdO-399, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
Paratype (of Axociella echinata Alcolado, 1984) IdO-404, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
Paratype (of Clathria (Microciona) simpsoni van Soest, 1984) ZMA Por. 03639, geounit Southern Caribbean [details]
Paratype (of Clathria (Microciona) simpsoni van Soest, 1984) ZMA Por. 04773, geounit Southern Caribbean [details]
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Clathria echinata (Alcolado, 1984))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Clathria (Microciona) simpsoni van Soest, 1984)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Microciona simpsoni (van Soest, 1984))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Clathria echinata (Alcolado, 1984))
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (11 records) (from synonym Clathria echinata (Alcolado, 1984))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 39236) (from synonym Axociella echinata Alcolado, 1984)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Clathria (Microciona) simpsoni van Soest, 1984)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Microciona simpsoni (van Soest, 1984))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Clathria echinata (Alcolado, 1984))
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (11 records) (from synonym Clathria echinata (Alcolado, 1984))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 39236) (from synonym Axociella echinata Alcolado, 1984)
