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Clathria (Thalysias) hechteli Hooper, 1996

167740  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167740)

 unaccepted (junior synonym and removed homonymy)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hooper, J.N.A. (1996). Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 40: 1-626., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40092950 [details] OpenAccess publication
Taxonomy Replacement name for the preoccupied combination Clathria microchela (Hechtel, 1969 as Microciona) (not: Clathria...  
Taxonomy Replacement name for the preoccupied combination Clathria microchela (Hechtel, 1969 as Microciona) (not: Clathria microchela (Stephens, 1916 as Microciona), a case of secondary homonymy. However, Zea et al. 2014 discovered that Microciona microchela is a junior synonym of Clathria (Thalysias) venosa (Alcolado, 1984), and this removes the homonymy with Stephens' species. [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. Clathria (Thalysias) hechteli Hooper, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167740 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature

original description Hooper, J.N.A. (1996). Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 40: 1-626., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40092950 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Zea, S.; Rodríguez, A.; Martínez, A.M. (2014). Taxonomy of <i>Clathria</i> (Thalysias) (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida: Microcionidae) from the Colombian Caribbean, with description of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3835 (4): 401–436.
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From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Replacement name for the preoccupied combination Clathria microchela (Hechtel, 1969 as Microciona) (not: Clathria microchela (Stephens, 1916 as Microciona), a case of secondary homonymy. However, Zea et al. 2014 discovered that Microciona microchela is a junior synonym of Clathria (Thalysias) venosa (Alcolado, 1984), and this removes the homonymy with Stephens' species. [details]


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