WoRMS name details
Raspailia atropurpurea (Carter, 1885)
168078 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168078)
alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Axinella atropurpurea 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): 359-360 [details]
page(s): 359-360 [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. Raspailia atropurpurea (Carter, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168078 on 2026-09-26
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Axinella atropurpurea 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): 359-360 [details]
page(s): 359-360 [details]
Other
additional source
Hooper, J.N.A. (1991). Revision of the family Raspailiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. <em>Invertebrate Taxonomy.</em> 5 (6): 1179-1418., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/it9911179
page(s): 1200 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 1200 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
