WoRMS name details
Tuba confoederata sensu Ridley, 1884
194592 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:194592)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 400-401 [details]
page(s): 400-401 [details]
Type locality contained in Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef
type locality contained in Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef [details]
Taxonomy Ridley (1884) assigned his specimen to Spongia confoederata Lamarck (1814), but this has been discovered to be a...
Taxonomy Ridley (1884) assigned his specimen to Spongia confoederata Lamarck (1814), but this has been discovered to be a Phoriospongia (see Topsent, 1932b). [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Tuba confoederata sensu Ridley, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=194592 on 2025-10-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 400-401 [details]
page(s): 400-401 [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality