WoRMS name details
Ernstia cordata (Haeckel, 1872)
988098 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:988098)
unaccepted (Genus change.)
Species
Clathrina cordata (Haeckel, 1872) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ascandra cordata Haeckel, 1872) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details] 
Type locality contained in Kalk Bay
type locality contained in Kalk Bay [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. Ernstia cordata (Haeckel, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=988098 on 2025-05-04
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(of Ascandra cordata Haeckel, 1872) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details] 
new combination reference Klautau, M.; Azevedo, F.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Rapp, H.T.; Collins, A.; Russo, C.A.D.M. (2013). A Molecular Phylogeny for the Order Clathrinida Rekindles and Refines Haeckel's Taxonomic Proposal for Calcareous Sponges. <em>Integrative and Comparative Biology.</em> 53(3), 447-461., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/ict039
note: This species was not cited by Klautau et al. (2013), however, as it has tetractines it cannot be Clathrina. Considering that Haeckel mentioned triactines, tetractines and diactines, I am assuming that...
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new combination reference Klautau, M.; Azevedo, F.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Rapp, H.T.; Collins, A.; Russo, C.A.D.M. (2013). A Molecular Phylogeny for the Order Clathrinida Rekindles and Refines Haeckel's Taxonomic Proposal for Calcareous Sponges. <em>Integrative and Comparative Biology.</em> 53(3), 447-461., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/ict039
note: This species was not cited by Klautau et al. (2013), however, as it has tetractines it cannot be Clathrina. Considering that Haeckel mentioned triactines, tetractines and diactines, I am assuming that...
This species was not cited by Klautau et al. (2013), however, as it has tetractines it cannot be Clathrina. Considering that Haeckel mentioned triactines, tetractines and diactines, I am assuming that the tri and tetractines occur in the same proportion, then it should be Ernstia.






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Additional information It is necessary to confirm if this species is really an Ernstia. [details]