Clathria microchela
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
date: 2026-08-25
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Clathria microchela (Stephens, 1916)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: 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. Clathria microchela (Stephens, 1916). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=133035 on 2026-08-24
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
is replaced by: 167546
modified: 2006-09-13T10:25:00Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Clathria microchela (Stephens, 1916)
accepted name usage ID: 167546
class: Demospongiae
family: Microcionidae
genus: Clathria
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (8) 17: 232-242.
name published in: Stephens, J. (1921 [1920]). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. II. The Tetraxonida (concluded). Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch. Department of Agriculture for Ireland. 1920 (2): 1-75, pls I-VI.
name published in year: 1916
name published in year: 1921 [1920]
order: Poecilosclerida
parent name usage ID: 131868
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: (Stephens, 1916)
specific epithet: microchela
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: alternative representation