WoRMS name details
Achinoe australis Gray, 1867
189864 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:189864)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
Achinoe Gray, 1867 accepted as Plakina Schulze, 1880
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 546 [details]
page(s): 546 [details]
Type locality contained in Leeuwin
, Note This is the type species of Achinoe Gray,...
type locality contained in Leeuwin [details]
Type species This is the type species of Achinoe Gray, 1867, which is a forgotten senior synonym (nomen oblitum) of Plakina. [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. (2026). World Porifera Database. Achinoe australis Gray, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=189864 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 546 [details]
page(s): 546 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Muricy, G.; Diaz, M.C. (2002). Order Homosclerophorida Dendy, 1905. Family Plakinidae Schulze, 1880. pp. 71-82. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002) <em>Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges</em>(2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY,1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 79 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
