WoRMS name details
Didiscus clavigerus (Kirkpatrick, 1900)
190918 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190918)
unaccepted (junior synonym and incorrect suffix)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Latrunculia clavigera Kirkpatrick, 1900) Kirkpatrick, R. (1900). Description of Sponges from Funafuti. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (7) 6 (34): 345-362, pls XIII-XV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930008678387
page(s): 354-355 [details]
page(s): 354-355 [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. Didiscus clavigerus (Kirkpatrick, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=190918 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Latrunculia clavigera Kirkpatrick, 1900) Kirkpatrick, R. (1900). Description of Sponges from Funafuti. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (7) 6 (34): 345-362, pls XIII-XV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930008678387
page(s): 354-355 [details]
page(s): 354-355 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1971). Éponges des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Madagascar). <em>Téthys.</em> Supplément 1: 51-126.
page(s): 106-107 [details]
page(s): 106-107 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1977). Sponge distribution in coral reefs and related areas in the vicinity of Tulear (Madagascar). <em>Proceedings of the Third International Coral Reef Symposium.</em> 1977, 113-117.
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1977). Sponge distribution in coral reefs and related areas in the vicinity of Tulear (Madagascar). <em>Proceedings of the Third International Coral Reef Symposium.</em> 1977, 113-117.
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling The species name is subsequent misspelling for D. claviger. [details]
