WoRMS taxon details
Auletta lyrata (Esper, 1794)
165452 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165452)
accepted
Species
Acanthella lyrata (Esper, 1794) · unaccepted
Auletta lyrata var. crassispiculata Dendy, 1905 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Raspaigella lyrata (Esper, 1794) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia lyrata Esper, 1794 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
- Variety Auletta lyrata var. brevispiculata Dendy, 1905 accepted as Auletta brevispiculata Dendy, 1905 (status change)
- Variety Auletta lyrata var. crassispiculata Dendy, 1905 accepted as Auletta lyrata (Esper, 1794) (junior synonym)
- Variety Auletta lyrata var. glomerata Dendy, 1905 accepted as Auletta aurantiaca Dendy, 1889 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Spongia lyrata Esper, 1794) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660 [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. Auletta lyrata (Esper, 1794). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165452 on 2025-05-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spongia lyrata Esper, 1794) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660 [details]
original description (of Auletta lyrata var. crassispiculata Dendy, 1905) Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 195 [details]
basis of record Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 194-195 [details]
original description (of Auletta lyrata var. crassispiculata Dendy, 1905) Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 195 [details]
basis of record Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 194-195 [details]
Other
additional source
George, A.M.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Sluka, R.D.; Lazarus, S. (2020). A checklist of marine sponges (Porifera) of peninsula India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4885(2): 277-300., available online at http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EC1CCF10-3E5F-4815-A393-AD9CF6B93C62
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Spongia lyrata Esper, 1794)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Spongia lyrata Esper, 1794)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
From editor or global species database
Image from synonym
