WoRMS name details
Clathria (Clathria) burtoni Hooper, 1996
190497 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190497)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hooper, J.N.A. (1996). Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 40: 1-626., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40092950
page(s): 172; note: This new name for the preoccupied Clathria prolifera Burton, 1940 was in fact proposed previously by Cuartas, 1995, so Hooper's (1996) name is a junior synonym. [details]
page(s): 172; note: This new name for the preoccupied Clathria prolifera Burton, 1940 was in fact proposed previously by Cuartas, 1995, so Hooper's (1996) name is a junior synonym. [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. Clathria (Clathria) burtoni Hooper, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=190497 on 2026-03-28
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Hooper, J.N.A. (1996). Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 40: 1-626., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40092950
page(s): 172; note: This new name for the preoccupied Clathria prolifera Burton, 1940 was in fact proposed previously by Cuartas, 1995, so Hooper's (1996) name is a junior synonym. [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
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page(s): 172; note: This new name for the preoccupied Clathria prolifera Burton, 1940 was in fact proposed previously by Cuartas, 1995, so Hooper's (1996) name is a junior synonym. [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors
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Authority Authorship for the nomen novum for the preoccupied Clathria prolifera Burton, 1940 goes to Cuartas, 1995. The present combination, also proposed as a replacement name, is now a junior synonym of Clathria (Clathria) burtoni Cuartas, 1995. [details]
