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Cliothosa aurivillii (Lindgren, 1897)

170491 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170491)

accepted
Species
Cliona peleia (De Laubenfels, 1954) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Ridleia peleia de Laubenfels, 1954 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spheciospongia peleia (De Laubenfels, 1954) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Suberites peleia (De Laubenfels, 1954) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Spirastrella aurivillii Lindgren, 1897) Lindgren, N.G. (1898). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Spongienfauna des Malayischen Archipels und der chinesischen Meere. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere.</em> 11: 283-378, pls 17-20.
page(s): 322-323 [details] OpenAccess publication

(of Spirastrella aurivillii Lindgren, 1897) Lindgren, N.G. (1897). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Spongienfauna des Malaiischen Archipels und der Chinesischen Meere. <em>Zoologische Anzeiger.</em> 547: 480-487.
page(s): 484 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Sunda Shelf/Java Sea  
type locality contained in Sunda Shelf/Java Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. Cliothosa aurivillii (Lindgren, 1897). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170491 on 2026-08-06
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original description (of Spirastrella aurivillii Lindgren, 1897) Lindgren, N.G. (1898). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Spongienfauna des Malayischen Archipels und der chinesischen Meere. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere.</em> 11: 283-378, pls 17-20.
page(s): 322-323 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Spirastrella aurivillii Lindgren, 1897) Lindgren, N.G. (1897). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Spongienfauna des Malaiischen Archipels und der Chinesischen Meere. <em>Zoologische Anzeiger.</em> 547: 480-487.
page(s): 484 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Spirastrella aurivillii f. excavans Lindgren, 1897) Lindgren, N.G. (1898). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Spongienfauna des Malayischen Archipels und der chinesischen Meere. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere.</em> 11: 283-378, pls 17-20.
page(s): 323 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Spirastrella aurivillii f. excavans Lindgren, 1897) Lindgren, N.G. (1897). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Spongienfauna des Malaiischen Archipels und der Chinesischen Meere. <em>Zoologische Anzeiger.</em> 547: 480-487.
page(s): 484 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Spirastrella aurivillii f. libera Lindgren, 1897) Lindgren, N.G. (1897). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Spongienfauna des Malaiischen Archipels und der Chinesischen Meere. <em>Zoologische Anzeiger.</em> 547: 480-487.
page(s): 40-41 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Ridleia peleia de Laubenfels, 1954) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1954). The Sponges of the West-Central Pacific. <em>Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology.</em> 7: i-x, 1-306,pls I-XII.
page(s): 207-209 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Rosell, D.; Uriz, M.J. (1997). Phylogenetic Relationships within the Excavating Hadromerida (Porifera), with a Systematic Revision. <em>Cladistics.</em> 13 (4): 349-366., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00324.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ubare, V.V.; Mohan, P.M. (2018). New Records and Range Extensions of Some Marine Sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae and Homoscleromorpha) from the Andaman Islands, India; Part of the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot. <em>Zoological Studies.</em> 57: 3., available online at http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/57/57-03.pdf
page(s): 4-5 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Spheciospongia peleia (De Laubenfels, 1954)) Kelly, M; Bell, L. J. (2016). Splendid sponges of Palau. Version 1. Wellington : NIWA.
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Spirastrella aurivillii Lindgren, 1897) Thomas, P.A. (1989). Sponge fauna of Lakshadweep. <em>Bulletin of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute.</em> 43: 150-161.
page(s): 159 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spirastrella aurivillii Lindgren, 1897) Thomas, P.A. (1972). Boring sponges of the reefs of Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>Proceedings of the Symposium on Coral and Coral Reefs. (Marine Biological Association of India).</em> 333-362.
page(s): 340-341 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spirastrella aurivillii Lindgren, 1897) Thomas, P.A. (1976). Marine Demospongiae of Ras Iwatine (Kenya). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 18(3): 642-649.
page(s): 647 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spirastrella aurivillii Lindgren, 1897) Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 306 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Spirastrella aurivillii Lindgren, 1897) Thomas, P.A.; Pillai, C.S.G.; Rajagopalan, M.S. (1996). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Kutch. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 8 (1-2): 124-132.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Ridleia peleia de Laubenfels, 1954) Schönberg, C.H.L.; Calcinai, B.; Chaves-Fonnegra. A.; Li, Y.H.: Zea, S. (2026). New taxonomic concepts for bioeroding sponges—the genus <i>Cliothosa</i> (Porifera: Clionaidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 207(3): zlaf027., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/207/3/zlaf027/8739483?redirectedFrom=fulltext
page(s): 10, 16-20; note: Ridleia peleia is a junior synonym of Cliothosa aurivillii [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Spirastrella aurivillii Lindgren, 1897) Bergquist, P.R. (1965). The Sponges of Micronesia, Part I. The Palau Archipelago. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 19 (2): 123-204.
page(s): 182-184 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Spheciospongia peleia (De Laubenfels, 1954)) Kober KM, Nichols SA. (2007). On the phylogenetic relationships of hadromerid and poecilosclerid sponges. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 87: 1585–1598., available online at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-marine-biological-association-of-the-united-kingdom/article/abs/on-the-phylogenetic-relationships-of-hadromerid-and-poecilosclerid-sponges/540C6752425BA9173BAB5A20A18996EB
page(s): Misapplication for Spheciospongia inconstans complex. See Schönberg et al. 2026. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Suberites peleia (De Laubenfels, 1954)) Hooper, J.N.A.; List-Armitage, S.E.; Kennedy, J.A.; Cook, S. de C.; Valentine, C.A. (1999). Sponges of the Low Isles, Great Barrier Reef: an important scientific site, or a case of mistaken identity? <i>In</i>: Hooper JNA (ed) Origin and Outlook. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 44: 249-262.
page(s): 357 (listed only) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy (of Spheciospongia peleia (De Laubenfels, 1954)) Schönberg, C.H.L.; Calcinai, B.; Chaves-Fonnegra. A.; Li, Y.H.: Zea, S. (2026). New taxonomic concepts for bioeroding sponges—the genus <i>Cliothosa</i> (Porifera: Clionaidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 207(3): zlaf027., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/207/3/zlaf027/8739483?redirectedFrom=fulltext
page(s): 16-21 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

new combination reference (of Cliona peleia (De Laubenfels, 1954)) Becking, L.; Cleary, D.; De Voogd, N. (2013). Sponge species composition, abundance, and cover in marine lakes and coastal mangroves in Berau, Indonesia. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 481: 105-120., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10155
page(s): 111, table 1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Nontype (of Spheciospongia peleia (De Laubenfels, 1954)) QM G301247, geounit Central Pacific Ocean [details]
Syntype (of Spirastrella aurivillii f. libera Lindgren, 1897) SMNH SMNH-1189, geounit Bangka–Belitung Islands [details]
Syntype (of Spirastrella aurivillii f. libera Lindgren, 1897) SMNH SMNH-1190, geounit Java Sea [details]
Syntype (of Spirastrella aurivillii f. excavans Lindgren, 1897) SMNH SMNH-1187, geounit Sunda Shelf/Java Sea [details]
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