WoRMS taxon details
Clathria (Wilsonella) australiensis Carter, 1885
167791 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167791)
accepted
Species
Clathria (Wilsonella) australiensis var. spinulata Hentschel, 1911 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Clathria australiensis (Carter, 1885) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Clathria australiensis var. spinulata Hentschel, 1911 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Clathriopsamma lobosa Lendenfeld, 1888 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Sigmatella corticata var. elegans Lendenfeld, 1889 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Wilsonella australiensis Carter, 1885 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
- Variety Clathria (Wilsonella) australiensis var. spinulata Hentschel, 1911 accepted as Clathria (Wilsonella) australiensis Carter, 1885 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Wilsonella australiensis Carter, 1885) 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) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938509459882
page(s): 366-367 [details]
page(s): 366-367 [details]
Lectotype (of Wilsonella australiensis Carter, 1885)...
Lectotype (of Wilsonella australiensis Carter, 1885) BMNH 1886.12.15.43, 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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Clathria (Wilsonella) australiensis Carter, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167791 on 2026-08-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clathria (Wilsonella) australiensis var. spinulata Hentschel, 1911) Hentschel, E. (1911). Tetraxonida. 2. Teil. <i>In</i>: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <i>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. (Fischer: Jena)</i>. 3 (10): 279-393. [details]
original description (of Clathriopsamma lobosa Lendenfeld, 1888) 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): 227 [details]
original description (of Clathria australiensis var. spinulata Hentschel, 1911) Hentschel, E. (1911). Tetraxonida. 2. Teil. <i>In</i>: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <i>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. (Fischer: Jena)</i>. 3 (10): 279-393. [details]
original description (of Sigmatella corticata var. elegans Lendenfeld, 1889) 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): 623 [details]
original description (of Wilsonella australiensis Carter, 1885) 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) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938509459882
page(s): 366-367 [details]
basis of record 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 [details]
original description (of Clathriopsamma lobosa Lendenfeld, 1888) 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): 227 [details]
original description (of Clathria australiensis var. spinulata Hentschel, 1911) Hentschel, E. (1911). Tetraxonida. 2. Teil. <i>In</i>: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <i>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. (Fischer: Jena)</i>. 3 (10): 279-393. [details]
original description (of Sigmatella corticata var. elegans Lendenfeld, 1889) 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): 623 [details]
original description (of Wilsonella australiensis Carter, 1885) 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) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938509459882
page(s): 366-367 [details]
basis of record 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 [details]
Other
additional source
Sorokin, S.J.; Fromont, J.; Currie, D. (2007). Demosponge biodiversity in the Benthic Protection Zone of the Great Australian Bight. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 132 (2): 192-204., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2007.10887083
page(s): 195 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 195 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Wilsonella australiensis Carter, 1885) BMNH 1886.12.15.43, geounit Bassian [details]
Australian Faunal Directory
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Clathria australiensis (Carter, 1885))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Wilsonella australiensis Carter, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Clathriopsamma lobosa Lendenfeld, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Clathria australiensis (Carter, 1885))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Wilsonella australiensis Carter, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Clathriopsamma lobosa Lendenfeld, 1888)
