World Porifera Database - Species - Microciona plumosa (Montagu, 1814)

WoRMS name details

Microciona plumosa (Montagu, 1814)

AphiaID

236696 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236696)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Phorbas plumosus (Montagu, 1814)

Rank

Species

Parent

Microciona Bowerbank, 1862 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) Bowerbank, 1862

Original name

Spongia plumosa Montagu, 1814

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Spongia plumosa Montagu, 1814) Montagu, G. (1814 [1818]). An Essay on Sponges, with Descriptions of all the Species that have been discovered on the Coast of Great Britain. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 2(1): 67-122, pls III-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45847761
page(s): 116 [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. Microciona plumosa (Montagu, 1814). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236696 on 2025-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-01-23 07:30:45Z

created

de Haas, Henk

2007-05-04 10:22:59Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2014-02-16 18:30:10Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Spongia plumosa Montagu, 1814) Montagu, G. (1814 [1818]). An Essay on Sponges, with Descriptions of all the Species that have been discovered on the Coast of Great Britain. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 2(1): 67-122, pls III-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45847761
page(s): 116 [details]

new combination reference Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265 [details]

Other

additional source Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 61_63, Pl. XXIV 7-13 [details]

additional source Topsent, E. (1891). Spongaires des côtes océaniques de France. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 6: 125-129.
page(s): 128 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)