WoRMS name details
Microciona tenuissima (Stephens, 1916)
416466 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:416466)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, terrestrial
recent only
(of Eurypon tenuissimum Stephens, 1916) Stephens, J. (1916). Preliminary Notice of some Irish Sponges. The Monaxonellida (Suborder Sigmatomonaxonellida) obtained by the Fisheries Branch of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, Ireland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 17: 232-242., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222931508693773
page(s): 240 [details]
(of Eurypon tenuissimum Stephens, 1916) Stephens, J. (1921 [1920]). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. II. The Tetraxonida (concluded). <em>Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch. Department of Agriculture for Ireland.</em> 1920 (2): 1-75, pls I-VI.
page(s): 52-53 [details]
page(s): 240 [details]
(of Eurypon tenuissimum Stephens, 1916) Stephens, J. (1921 [1920]). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. II. The Tetraxonida (concluded). <em>Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch. Department of Agriculture for Ireland.</em> 1920 (2): 1-75, pls I-VI.
page(s): 52-53 [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. Microciona tenuissima (Stephens, 1916). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416466 on 2026-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eurypon tenuissimum Stephens, 1916) Stephens, J. (1916). Preliminary Notice of some Irish Sponges. The Monaxonellida (Suborder Sigmatomonaxonellida) obtained by the Fisheries Branch of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, Ireland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 17: 232-242., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222931508693773
page(s): 240 [details]
original description (of Eurypon tenuissimum Stephens, 1916) Stephens, J. (1921 [1920]). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. II. The Tetraxonida (concluded). <em>Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch. Department of Agriculture for Ireland.</em> 1920 (2): 1-75, pls I-VI.
page(s): 52-53 [details]
new combination reference Lévi, C. (1960). Les démosponges des côtes de France: 1. Les Clathriidae [The Demospongiae of the French coasts: 1. The Clathriidae. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 1 (1): 47-87. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 240 [details]
original description (of Eurypon tenuissimum Stephens, 1916) Stephens, J. (1921 [1920]). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. II. The Tetraxonida (concluded). <em>Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch. Department of Agriculture for Ireland.</em> 1920 (2): 1-75, pls I-VI.
page(s): 52-53 [details]
new combination reference Lévi, C. (1960). Les démosponges des côtes de France: 1. Les Clathriidae [The Demospongiae of the French coasts: 1. The Clathriidae. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 1 (1): 47-87. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. <em>BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.</em> [details]
Other
additional source
Bibiloni, M.A. (1993). Some new or poorly known sponges of the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean) Pp. 307-318. <i>In</i>: Uriz, M.-J. & Rützler, K. (Eds), Recent Advances in Ecology and Systematics of Sponges. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 57 (4): 273-432.
page(s): 312-313; fig 8; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 312-313; fig 8; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality