WoRMS taxon details
Pseudoceratina durissima Carter, 1885
169700 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169700)
accepted
Species
Aplysina laevis Carter, 1885 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Druinella rotunda Lendenfeld, 1889 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Psammopemma durissimum (Carter, 1885) · unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)
- Variety Pseudoceratina durissima var. grisea (Hentschel, 1912) accepted as Psammoclema griseum (Hentschel, 1912) (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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938509459319
page(s): 204-205 [details]
page(s): 204-205 [details]
Holotype BMNH 1883.4.12.48, geounit Bassian
Holotype BMNH 1883.4.12.48, 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. Pseudoceratina durissima Carter, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169700 on 2026-06-08
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Nomenclature
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938509459319
page(s): 204-205 [details]
original description (of Aplysina laevis 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) 15(87): 196-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938509459319
page(s): 204 [details]
original description (of Druinella rotunda 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): 427-428 [details]
original description (of Druinella rotunda Lendenfeld, 1889) Lendenfeld, R. Von. (1889). Die Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Hornschwämme. Zoologische Jahrbücher. <em>Abteilung für Systematik,Geographie und Biologie der Thiere.</em> 4(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.18725 [details]
basis of record Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. (2002). Family Pseudoceratinidae Carter, 1885, pp. 1086-1088. <I>In</I>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). <i>Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges </i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. (2002 [2004]). Family Pseudoceratinidae Carter, 1885, pp. 1086-1088. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 204-205 [details]
original description (of Aplysina laevis 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) 15(87): 196-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938509459319
page(s): 204 [details]
original description (of Druinella rotunda 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): 427-428 [details]
original description (of Druinella rotunda Lendenfeld, 1889) Lendenfeld, R. Von. (1889). Die Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Hornschwämme. Zoologische Jahrbücher. <em>Abteilung für Systematik,Geographie und Biologie der Thiere.</em> 4(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.18725 [details]
basis of record Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. (2002). Family Pseudoceratinidae Carter, 1885, pp. 1086-1088. <I>In</I>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). <i>Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges </i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. (2002 [2004]). Family Pseudoceratinidae Carter, 1885, pp. 1086-1088. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Wiedenmayer, F. (1989). Demospongiae (Porifera) from northern Bass Strait, southern Australia. <em>Memoirs Museum Victoria.</em> 50(1): 1-242, pls 1-38. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.1989.50.01
page(s): 156-158 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 156-158 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1883.4.12.48, geounit Bassian [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Aplysina laevis Carter, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Druinella rotunda Lendenfeld, 1889)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudoceratina durissima)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 007765.PR)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Aplysina laevis Carter, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Druinella rotunda Lendenfeld, 1889)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudoceratina durissima)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 007765.PR)
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