Microscleroderma
creator: Samaai, Toufiek
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
creator: Boury-Esnault, Nicole
date: 2026-08-01
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: Microscleroderma Kirkpatrick, 1903
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. Microscleroderma Kirkpatrick, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171186 on 2026-08-01
created: 2005-07-10T20:05:41Z
modified: 2020-12-15T21:21:56Z
replaces: 184891
replaces: 184931
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Microscleroderma Kirkpatrick, 1903
class: Demospongiae
family: Scleritodermidae
genus: Microscleroderma
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Kirkpatrick, R. (1903). Descriptions of South African Sponges. Part II. Marine Investigations in South Africa. 2 (14): 171-180, pl. IV.
name published in: Döderlein, L. (1884). Studien an japanischen Lithistiden. Zeitschrift fürwissenschaftliche Zoologie. 40(1): 62-104, pls V-VII.
name published in: Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
name published in year: 1903
name published in year: 1884
name published in year: 1905
order: Tetractinellida
parent name usage ID: 171172
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: Kirkpatrick, 1903
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted