World Porifera Database - Species - Crella (Grayella) spinosa (Hechtel, 1983)

WoRMS name details

Crella (Grayella) spinosa (Hechtel, 1983)

AphiaID

169062 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169062)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Spongilla alba Carter, 1849

Rank

Species

Parent

Crella (Grayella) Carter, 1869

Original name

Crelloxea spinosa Hechtel, 1983

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Crelloxea spinosa Hechtel, 1983) Hechtel, G.J. (1983). New species of marine Demospongiae from Brazil. Iheringia (Zoologia). 63: 58-89.
page(s): 70-71; fig 11 [details]

Taxonomic 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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Crella (Grayella) spinosa (Hechtel, 1983). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169062 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

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db_admin

2010-04-17 17:52:53Z

checked

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2015-12-03 14:41:48Z

changed

Hajdu, Eduardo

2019-09-09 10:06:11Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

Licensing

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Sources (4)
Notes (1)

Nomenclature

original description (of Crelloxea spinosa Hechtel, 1983) Hechtel, G.J. (1983). New species of marine Demospongiae from Brazil. Iheringia (Zoologia). 63: 58-89.
page(s): 70-71; fig 11 [details]

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Crellidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 556-566. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Crellidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 556-566. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. Museu Nacional, Série Livros. 300 pp.
page(s): 162 [details] Available for editors

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From editor or global species database

Synonymy Pinheiro et al (2015): Zootaxa 3974 (3): 447–450 have convincingly shown this is actually the freshwater sponge Spongilla alba Carter, 1849. [details]