WoRMS name details
Dorvillia echinata Verrill, 1874
190942 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190942)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
Dorvillia Kent, 1870 accepted as Thenea Gray, 1867
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A.E. (1874). Brief contributions to zoology from the museum of Yale college. Results of recent dredging expeditions on the coast of New England. <i>Am. J. Sci. 7(3)</i>: 38-46; 131-138; 405-414; 498-505; pl. IV-VIII, available online at https://www.ajsonline.org/content/s3-7/41/498
page(s): 500-501; note: No illustration [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 500-501; note: No illustration [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy
type locality contained in Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy [details]
Taxonomy This species needs redescription, but in the opinion of O.S. Tendal (in litteris) this may be a valid species of Thenea.
Taxonomy This species needs redescription, but in the opinion of O.S. Tendal (in litteris) this may be a valid species of Thenea. [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. Dorvillia echinata Verrill, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=190942 on 2026-07-16
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Verrill, A.E. (1874). Brief contributions to zoology from the museum of Yale college. Results of recent dredging expeditions on the coast of New England. <i>Am. J. Sci. 7(3)</i>: 38-46; 131-138; 405-414; 498-505; pl. IV-VIII, available online at https://www.ajsonline.org/content/s3-7/41/498
page(s): 500-501; note: No illustration [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 500-501; note: No illustration [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy This species needs redescription, but in the opinion of O.S. Tendal (in litteris) this may be a valid species of Thenea. [details]
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (4 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 079577)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 079577)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
