WoRMS name details
Microciona kentii Bowerbank, 1874
192449 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192449)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 311-312, Pl. LXXXIX 9-13; 317-319; note: illustration of the type specimen [details]
page(s): 311-312, Pl. LXXXIX 9-13; 317-319; note: illustration of the type specimen [details]
Holotype BMNH 1910.1.1.77, geounit Celtic Seas
Holotype BMNH 1910.1.1.77, geounit Celtic Seas [details]
Taxonomy Hooper (1996) assigned this to Clathria (Microciona), but Bowerbank's figures clearly show it to be assignable to Phorbas...
Taxonomy Hooper (1996) assigned this to Clathria (Microciona), but Bowerbank's figures clearly show it to be assignable to Phorbas plumosus. [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Microciona kentii Bowerbank, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=192449 on 2024-04-19
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Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 311-312, Pl. LXXXIX 9-13; 317-319; note: illustration of the type specimen [details]
page(s): 311-312, Pl. LXXXIX 9-13; 317-319; note: illustration of the type specimen [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1910.1.1.77, geounit Celtic Seas [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Hooper (1996) assigned this to Clathria (Microciona), but Bowerbank's figures clearly show it to be assignable to Phorbas plumosus. [details]
