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Hircinia clathrata Carter, 1881

191642 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191642)

 unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1881). Supplementary Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar, together with others from the Sea in the Vicinity of the Basse Rocks and from Bass's Straits respectively, presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt. H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 7: 361-385, pl. XVIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938109459534
page(s): 366-367 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka  
type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka [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. Hircinia clathrata Carter, 1881. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/www.aqua-aquapress.com/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=191642 on 2026-07-20
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2005-12-18 15:00:44Z
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2008-04-21 08:47:57Z
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original description Carter, H.J. (1881). Supplementary Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar, together with others from the Sea in the Vicinity of the Basse Rocks and from Bass's Straits respectively, presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt. H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 7: 361-385, pl. XVIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938109459534
page(s): 366-367 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Dendy, A. (1887). The Sponge-fauna of Madras. A Report on a Collection of Sponges obtained in the Neighbourhood of Madras by Edgar Thurston, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 20(117):153-165, pls IX-XII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938709460032
page(s): 163 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Dendy, A. (1889). Report on a Second Collection of Sponges from the Gulf of Manaar. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 3: 73-99,pls III-V., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938909460303
page(s): 96 [details] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy Bergquist, P.R. (1980). A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (class Demospongiae). <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 7 (4): 443-503., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1980.11760680
page(s): 452 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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