WoRMS taxon details
Chondrosia reticulata (Carter, 1886)
170378 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170378)
accepted
Species
Chondrosia spurca Carter, 1887 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Halisarca reticulata Carter, 1886 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Reniera collectrix Lendenfeld, 1888 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Halisarca reticulata Carter, 1886) Carter, H.J. (1886). Supplement to the Descriptions of Mr.J. Bracebridge Wilson's Australian Sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 271-290, 369-379, 445-466, pl. X., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459996
page(s): 274-275 [details]
page(s): 274-275 [details]
Lectotype (of Chondrosia spurca Carter, 1887) BMNH...
Lectotype (of Chondrosia spurca Carter, 1887) BMNH 1886.12.15.128, 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. Chondrosia reticulata (Carter, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170378 on 2026-06-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chondrosia spurca Carter, 1887) Carter, H.J. (1887). Description of <i>Chondrosia spurca</i>, n.sp., from the south coast of Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 19: 286-288., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938709460243 [details] 
original description (of Halisarca reticulata Carter, 1886) Carter, H.J. (1886). Supplement to the Descriptions of Mr.J. Bracebridge Wilson's Australian Sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 271-290, 369-379, 445-466, pl. X., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459996
page(s): 274-275 [details]
original description (of Reniera collectrix 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. [details]
basis of record 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): 36-37 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Halisarca reticulata Carter, 1886) Carter, H.J. (1886). Supplement to the Descriptions of Mr.J. Bracebridge Wilson's Australian Sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 271-290, 369-379, 445-466, pl. X., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459996
page(s): 274-275 [details]
original description (of Reniera collectrix 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. [details]
basis of record 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): 36-37 [details] Available for editors
Other
additional source
Putchakarn, S. (2007). Species diversity of marine sponges dwelling in coral reefs in Had Khanom—Mo Ko Thale Tai National Park, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 87(06): 1635-1642., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531540705833x
page(s): 1636, Table 1 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 1636, Table 1 [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Chondrosia spurca Carter, 1887) BMNH 1886.12.15.128, geounit Bassian [details]