WoRMS taxon details
Craniella zetlandica (Carter, 1872)
171358 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171358)
accepted
Species
Craniellopsis zetlandica (Carter, 1872) · unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)
Tethya zetlandica Carter, 1872 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Tethyopsilla zetlandica (Carter, 1872) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Tetilla zetlandica (Carter, 1872) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Tethya zetlandica Carter, 1872) Carter, H.J. (1872). On two new Sponges from the Antarctic Sea, and on a new Species of <i>Tethya</i> from Shetland; together with Observations on the Reproduction of Sponges commencing from Zygosis of the Sponge animal. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 9(54): 409-435,pls XX-XXII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937208696612
page(s): 417 [details]
page(s): 417 [details]
Type locality contained in North Sea
type locality contained in North Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. Craniella zetlandica (Carter, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171358 on 2026-05-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tethya zetlandica Carter, 1872) Carter, H.J. (1872). On two new Sponges from the Antarctic Sea, and on a new Species of <i>Tethya</i> from Shetland; together with Observations on the Reproduction of Sponges commencing from Zygosis of the Sponge animal. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 9(54): 409-435,pls XX-XXII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937208696612
page(s): 417 [details]
page(s): 417 [details]
Other
additional source
Ferrer Hernández, F. (1914). Esponjas del Cantábrico. Parte 2. III. Myxospongida. IV. Tetraxonida. V. Triaxonida. <em>Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Zoológica).</em> 17: 1-46.
page(s): 20-21 [details]
additional source Cárdenas, P.; Chenesseau, S.; Drewery, J.; Ereskovsky, A. (2025). Direct Development of Golf Ball Sponges, Genus <i>Craniella</i> (Demospongiae, Tetractinellida) From the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. <em>Molecular Reproduction and Development.</em> 92(10)., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mrd.70059 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 20-21 [details]
additional source Cárdenas, P.; Chenesseau, S.; Drewery, J.; Ereskovsky, A. (2025). Direct Development of Golf Ball Sponges, Genus <i>Craniella</i> (Demospongiae, Tetractinellida) From the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. <em>Molecular Reproduction and Development.</em> 92(10)., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mrd.70059 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Tetilla zetlandica (Carter, 1872))
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tetilla zetlandica (Carter, 1872))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tethyopsilla zetlandica (Carter, 1872))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Tethya zetlandica Carter, 1872)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Craniella zetlandica)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Tethya zetlandica Carter, 1872)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tethya zetlandica Carter, 1872)
To PESI (from synonym Tetilla zetlandica (Carter, 1872))
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tetilla zetlandica (Carter, 1872))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tethyopsilla zetlandica (Carter, 1872))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Tethya zetlandica Carter, 1872)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Craniella zetlandica)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Tethya zetlandica Carter, 1872)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tethya zetlandica Carter, 1872)
To PESI (from synonym Tetilla zetlandica (Carter, 1872))
