Porifera taxon details
Cliona caribbaea Carter, 1882
170432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170432)
accepted
Species
Cliona langae Pang, 1973 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
page(s): 346-347 [details]
page(s): 346-347 [details]
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Holotype LIV CM 2177, geounit Eastern Caribbean
Holotype LIV CM 2177, geounit Eastern Caribbean [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2024). World Porifera Database. Cliona caribbaea Carter, 1882. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170432 on 2024-07-27
original description
Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
page(s): 346-347 [details]
original description (of Cliona langae Pang, 1973) Pang, R.K. (1973). The systematics of some Jamaican excavating sponges (Porifera). <em>Postilla.</em> 161: 1-75.
page(s): 18-22; fig 4 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Rützler, K. (1974). The burrowing sponges of Bermuda. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 165: 32 pp [details]
basis of record Rützler, K. (1974). The burrowing sponges of Bermuda. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 165: 32 pp [details]
additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1950). The porifera of the Bermuda archipelago. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 27(1): 1-154.
page(s): 108-110 [details]
additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 155 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A comparison of the shallow-water sponges near the Pacific end of the Panama Canal with those at the Caribbean end. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 83 (2993): 441-466.
page(s): 461 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1953). Sponges from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 2(3): 511-557.
page(s): 540 [details]
additional source Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 79 [details]
additional source Little, F.J. Jr. (1963). The sponge fauna of the St. George's Sound, Apalache Bay, and Panama City Regions of the Florida Gulf Coast. <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology 11(2).</em> 31-71.
page(s): 57 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1889). Quelques spongiaires du Banc de Campêche et de la Pointe-à-Pître. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 2: 30-52.
page(s): 49 [details]
additional source Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 471 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Pang, R.K. (1973). The systematics of some Jamaican excavating sponges (Porifera). <em>Postilla.</em> 161: 1-75.
page(s): 22-28; fig 5-6 [details]
additional source Zea, S.; Weil, E. (2003). Taxonomy of the Caribbean excavating sponge species complex <i>Cliona caribbaea C-aprica C-langae</i> (Porifera, Hadromerida, Clionaidae). <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 39 (3): 348-370. [details]
additional source Rützler, K. (1986). Phylum Porifera (Sponges). Pp. 111-126. <em>in: W. Sterrer (ed.) Marine Fauna and Flora of Bermuda. John Wiley & Sons, New York.</em> i-xxx, 1-742.
page(s): 122-123 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Rützler, K.; Díaz, M.C.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Zea, S.; Smith, K.P.; Alvarez, B.; Wulff, J. (2000). Diversity of sponge fauna in mangrove ponds, Pelican Cays, Belize. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 476: 230-248.
page(s): 234 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 5 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Schönberg, C.H.L. (2002). Sponges of the '<i>Cliona viridis</i> complex' - a key for species identification. <em>Proceedings of the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali.</em> 1: 295-300. [details]
additional source Buznego, M.; Alcolado, P.M. (1987). Frecuencia de ataques de esponjas perforadoras sobre algunos corales escleractineos y otros susbtratros marinos en Cuba. <em>Reporte de Investigacion del Instituto de Oceanologia.</em> 59, 1-13.
page(s): 6 [details] Available for editors
[request]
source of synonymy (of Cliona langae Pang, 1973) Zea, S.; Weil, E. (2003). Taxonomy of the Caribbean excavating sponge species complex <i>Cliona caribbaea C-aprica C-langae</i> (Porifera, Hadromerida, Clionaidae). <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 39 (3): 348-370. [details]
page(s): 346-347 [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
original description (of Cliona langae Pang, 1973) Pang, R.K. (1973). The systematics of some Jamaican excavating sponges (Porifera). <em>Postilla.</em> 161: 1-75.
page(s): 18-22; fig 4 [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
context source (Bermuda) Rützler, K. (1974). The burrowing sponges of Bermuda. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 165: 32 pp [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
basis of record Rützler, K. (1974). The burrowing sponges of Bermuda. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 165: 32 pp [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1950). The porifera of the Bermuda archipelago. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 27(1): 1-154.
page(s): 108-110 [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 155 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A comparison of the shallow-water sponges near the Pacific end of the Panama Canal with those at the Caribbean end. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 83 (2993): 441-466.
page(s): 461 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1953). Sponges from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 2(3): 511-557.
page(s): 540 [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
additional source Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 79 [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
additional source Little, F.J. Jr. (1963). The sponge fauna of the St. George's Sound, Apalache Bay, and Panama City Regions of the Florida Gulf Coast. <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology 11(2).</em> 31-71.
page(s): 57 [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
additional source Topsent, E. (1889). Quelques spongiaires du Banc de Campêche et de la Pointe-à-Pître. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 2: 30-52.
page(s): 49 [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
additional source Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 471 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Pang, R.K. (1973). The systematics of some Jamaican excavating sponges (Porifera). <em>Postilla.</em> 161: 1-75.
page(s): 22-28; fig 5-6 [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
additional source Zea, S.; Weil, E. (2003). Taxonomy of the Caribbean excavating sponge species complex <i>Cliona caribbaea C-aprica C-langae</i> (Porifera, Hadromerida, Clionaidae). <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 39 (3): 348-370. [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
additional source Rützler, K. (1986). Phylum Porifera (Sponges). Pp. 111-126. <em>in: W. Sterrer (ed.) Marine Fauna and Flora of Bermuda. John Wiley & Sons, New York.</em> i-xxx, 1-742.
page(s): 122-123 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Rützler, K.; Díaz, M.C.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Zea, S.; Smith, K.P.; Alvarez, B.; Wulff, J. (2000). Diversity of sponge fauna in mangrove ponds, Pelican Cays, Belize. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 476: 230-248.
page(s): 234 [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 5 [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Schönberg, C.H.L. (2002). Sponges of the '<i>Cliona viridis</i> complex' - a key for species identification. <em>Proceedings of the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali.</em> 1: 295-300. [details]
additional source Buznego, M.; Alcolado, P.M. (1987). Frecuencia de ataques de esponjas perforadoras sobre algunos corales escleractineos y otros susbtratros marinos en Cuba. <em>Reporte de Investigacion del Instituto de Oceanologia.</em> 59, 1-13.
page(s): 6 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
source of synonymy (of Cliona langae Pang, 1973) Zea, S.; Weil, E. (2003). Taxonomy of the Caribbean excavating sponge species complex <i>Cliona caribbaea C-aprica C-langae</i> (Porifera, Hadromerida, Clionaidae). <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 39 (3): 348-370. [details]
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Holotype LIV CM 2177, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | green boring sponge | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cliona langae Pang, 1973)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cliona caribbaea)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Cliona langae Pang, 1973)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (59 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 32211) (from synonym Cliona langae Pang, 1973)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 090697)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cliona langae Pang, 1973)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cliona caribbaea)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Cliona langae Pang, 1973)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (59 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 32211) (from synonym Cliona langae Pang, 1973)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 090697)
To ITIS