WoRMS name details
Wyvillethomsonia Wright, 1870
184977 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184977)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Genus
Wyvillethomsonia wallichii Wright, 1870 accepted as Thenea muricata (Bowerbank, 1858) (type by monotypy)
- Species Wyvillethomsonia wallichii Wright, 1870 accepted as Thenea muricata (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Wright, E.P. (1870). Notes on Sponges. 1, On <i>Hyalonema mirabilis</i>,Gray. 2, <i>Aphrocallistes Bocagei</i> sp. nov. 3, On a new Genus and Species of Deep Sea Sponge. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> 10:1-9, pls I-III., available online at https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.s2-10.37.1
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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. Wyvillethomsonia Wright, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=184977 on 2026-10-16
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Wright, E.P. (1870). Notes on Sponges. 1, On <i>Hyalonema mirabilis</i>,Gray. 2, <i>Aphrocallistes Bocagei</i> sp. nov. 3, On a new Genus and Species of Deep Sea Sponge. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> 10:1-9, pls I-III., available online at https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.s2-10.37.1
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basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+xvliii, ISBN 0-306-47260-0., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_15 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002[2004]). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York.</em> 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 8 [details]
basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+xvliii, ISBN 0-306-47260-0., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_15 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002[2004]). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York.</em> 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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