Porifera name details
Microciona microchela Hechtel, 1965
192477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192477)
unaccepted (genus transfer and preoccupied)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hechtel, G.J. (1965). A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 20: 1-103.
page(s): 41; fig 7 [details]
page(s): 41; fig 7 [details]
Type locality contained in Greater Antilles
type locality contained in Greater Antilles [details]
Taxonomy This was transferred to Clathria (Thalysias) upon which it became a junior homonym of Clathria (Clathria) microchela...
Taxonomy This was transferred to Clathria (Thalysias) upon which it became a junior homonym of Clathria (Clathria) microchela (Stephens, 1916). [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. Microciona microchela Hechtel, 1965. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=192477 on 2025-05-07
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Hechtel, G.J. (1965). A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 20: 1-103.
page(s): 41; fig 7 [details]
basis of record 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]
additional source Wintermann-Kilian, G.; Kilian, E.F. (1984). Marine Sponges of the Region of Santa Marta (Colombia). Part II. Homosclerophorida, Choristida, Spirophorida, Hadromerida, Axinellida, Halichondrida, Poecilosclerida. <em>Studies on the Neotropical Fauna and Environment.</em> 19(3): 121-135.
page(s): 134 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sutherland, J.P. (1980). Dynamics of the Epibenthic Community on Roots of the Mangrove <i>Rhizophora mangle</i>, at Bahia de Buche, Venezuela. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 58: 75-84.
page(s): 76 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 41; fig 7 [details]
basis of record 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]
additional source Wintermann-Kilian, G.; Kilian, E.F. (1984). Marine Sponges of the Region of Santa Marta (Colombia). Part II. Homosclerophorida, Choristida, Spirophorida, Hadromerida, Axinellida, Halichondrida, Poecilosclerida. <em>Studies on the Neotropical Fauna and Environment.</em> 19(3): 121-135.
page(s): 134 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sutherland, J.P. (1980). Dynamics of the Epibenthic Community on Roots of the Mangrove <i>Rhizophora mangle</i>, at Bahia de Buche, Venezuela. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 58: 75-84.
page(s): 76 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Holotype YPM 5040. [details]Taxonomy This was transferred to Clathria (Thalysias) upon which it became a junior homonym of Clathria (Clathria) microchela (Stephens, 1916). [details]
