WoRMS taxon details
Cliona varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
170485 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170485)
accepted
Species
Anthosigmella varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Cliona coronaria (Carter, 1882) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cliona tuberculosus (Schmidt, 1870) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Papillina arcuata Topsent, 1889 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Suberites coronarius Carter, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Suberites tuberculosus Schmidt, 1870 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Thalysias varians Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Thalysias varians Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 86; pl XIII fig 6 [details]
page(s): 86; pl XIII fig 6 [details]

Type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean
type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Carballo, J.L.; 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.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2023). World Porifera Database. Cliona varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170485 on 2023-05-28
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original description
(of Papillina arcuata Topsent, 1889) 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): 35 [details]
original description (of Suberites coronarius Carter, 1882) 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): 352 [details]
original description (of Suberites tuberculosus Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 46-47 [details]
original description (of Thalysias varians Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 86; pl XIII fig 6 [details]
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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
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additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 66-67 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hajdu, E.; Peixinho, S.; Fernandez, J.C.C. (2011). Esponjas Marinhas da Bahia - Guia de Campo e Laboratório. Série Livros 45. <em>Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro.</em> 276 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 29-30 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sarmento, F.; Correia, M.D. (2002). Descrição de parâmetros ecológicos e morfológicos externos dos poríferos no recife de coral da Ponta Verde, Maceió, Alagoas, Brasil. <em>Revista Brasileira de Zoociências.</em> 4(2): 215–226.
page(s): 221 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Alcolado, PM. (2007). Comunidades de esponjas de manglares de Cuba in: Ecosistemas de manglar en el archipélago cubano, (eds Carrera, LM; Guzman JM). <em>Academia de Cuba, La Habana.</em> pp 243-253.
page(s): 250 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Lakwal, V.R.; Kharate, D.S.; Mokashe, S.S. (2018). Diversity and distribution of intertidal marine sponges from Ratnagiri coast of Arabian Sea, (M.S.) India. <em>Flora and Fauna.</em> 24 (1, Special Issue): 207-216.
page(s): 210; note: Misapplication: This species is from the Central West Atlantic. Its record from the Arabian Sea is incertae sedis because no description is provided. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 27 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Stofel, C.B.; Canton, G.C.: Antunes, L.A.S.; Eutrópio, F.J. (2008). Fauna associada à esponja <i>Cliona varians</i> (Porifera, Demospongiae). <em>Natureza Online.</em> 6 (1): 16-18.
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bettcher, L.; Fernandez, J.C.; Gastaldi, M.; Bispo, A.; Leal, C.V.; Leite, D.; Avelino-Alves, D.; Clerier, P.H.; Rezende, D.; Gulart, C.M.; Pinheiro, U.; Hajdu, E. (2023). Checklist, diversity descriptors and selected descriptions of a highly diverse intertidal sponge (Porifera) assemblage at Costa do Descobrimento (Bahia, Brazil). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5277(3): 443-489., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.3.2
page(s): 448 [details] Available for editors
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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]
page(s): 35 [details]

original description (of Suberites coronarius Carter, 1882) 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): 352 [details]

original description (of Suberites tuberculosus Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 46-47 [details]

original description (of Thalysias varians Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 86; pl XIII fig 6 [details]

basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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

additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 66-67 [details] Available for editors

additional source Hajdu, E.; Peixinho, S.; Fernandez, J.C.C. (2011). Esponjas Marinhas da Bahia - Guia de Campo e Laboratório. Série Livros 45. <em>Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro.</em> 276 pp. [details] Available for editors

additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 29-30 [details] Available for editors

additional source Sarmento, F.; Correia, M.D. (2002). Descrição de parâmetros ecológicos e morfológicos externos dos poríferos no recife de coral da Ponta Verde, Maceió, Alagoas, Brasil. <em>Revista Brasileira de Zoociências.</em> 4(2): 215–226.
page(s): 221 [details] Available for editors

additional source Alcolado, PM. (2007). Comunidades de esponjas de manglares de Cuba in: Ecosistemas de manglar en el archipélago cubano, (eds Carrera, LM; Guzman JM). <em>Academia de Cuba, La Habana.</em> pp 243-253.
page(s): 250 [details] Available for editors

additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 12 [details]

additional source Lakwal, V.R.; Kharate, D.S.; Mokashe, S.S. (2018). Diversity and distribution of intertidal marine sponges from Ratnagiri coast of Arabian Sea, (M.S.) India. <em>Flora and Fauna.</em> 24 (1, Special Issue): 207-216.
page(s): 210; note: Misapplication: This species is from the Central West Atlantic. Its record from the Arabian Sea is incertae sedis because no description is provided. [details] Available for editors

additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 27 [details] Available for editors

additional source Stofel, C.B.; Canton, G.C.: Antunes, L.A.S.; Eutrópio, F.J. (2008). Fauna associada à esponja <i>Cliona varians</i> (Porifera, Demospongiae). <em>Natureza Online.</em> 6 (1): 16-18.
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors

additional source Bettcher, L.; Fernandez, J.C.; Gastaldi, M.; Bispo, A.; Leal, C.V.; Leite, D.; Avelino-Alves, D.; Clerier, P.H.; Rezende, D.; Gulart, C.M.; Pinheiro, U.; Hajdu, E. (2023). Checklist, diversity descriptors and selected descriptions of a highly diverse intertidal sponge (Porifera) assemblage at Costa do Descobrimento (Bahia, Brazil). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5277(3): 443-489., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.3.2
page(s): 448 [details] Available for editors

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






Nontype (of Suberites coronarius Carter, 1882) BMNH 1887.6.1.4, geounit Andaman and Nicobar Islands (probably not valid) [details]
Unknown type (of Suberites tuberculosus Schmidt, 1870) MNHN DT 2151, geounit Floridian [details]
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Anthosigmella varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Suberites coronarius Carter, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Suberites tuberculosus Schmidt, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Papillina arcuata Topsent, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Thalysias varians Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (56 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To GenBank (56 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Anthosigmella varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To GenBank (56 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Thalysias varians Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 48588 (1)) (from synonym Anthosigmella varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Thalysias varians Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (14 records) (from synonym Anthosigmella varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Suberites tuberculosus Schmidt, 1870)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (470 records) (from synonym Anthosigmella varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (5 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005447.PR)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 084903) (from synonym Anthosigmella varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Anthosigmella varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Suberites coronarius Carter, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Suberites tuberculosus Schmidt, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Papillina arcuata Topsent, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Thalysias varians Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (56 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To GenBank (56 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Anthosigmella varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To GenBank (56 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Thalysias varians Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 48588 (1)) (from synonym Anthosigmella varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Thalysias varians Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (14 records) (from synonym Anthosigmella varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Suberites tuberculosus Schmidt, 1870)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (470 records) (from synonym Anthosigmella varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (5 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005447.PR)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 084903) (from synonym Anthosigmella varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864))
To ITIS