Porifera taxon details
Neoernsta cordata (Haeckel, 1872)
1674078 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1674078)
accepted
Species
Ascandra cordata Haeckel, 1872 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Clathrina cordata (Haeckel, 1872) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Ernsta cordata (Haeckel, 1872) · unaccepted
Ernstia cordata (Haeckel, 1872) · unaccepted (Genus change.)
Leucosolenia 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 Namaqua, Kalk Bay
type locality contained in Namaqua [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Kalk Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Kalk Bay [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. Neoernsta cordata (Haeckel, 1872). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1674078 on 2025-05-05
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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] 
basis of record (of Clathrina cordata (Haeckel, 1872)) Klautau, M.; Valentine, C. (2003). Revision of the genus <i>Clathrina</i> (Porifera, Calcarea). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 139(1): 1-62. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0024-4082.2003.00063.x [details] Available for editors
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basis of record (of Ascandra cordata Haeckel, 1872) Klautau, M.; Valentine, C. (2003). Revision of the genus <i>Clathrina</i> (Porifera, Calcarea). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 139(1): 1-62. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0024-4082.2003.00063.x [details] Available for editors
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additional source (of Leucosolenia cordata (Haeckel, 1872)) Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen).</em> 4: 111-147.
page(s): 141 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference (of Ernstia cordata (Haeckel, 1872)) 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 (of Ernsta cordata (Haeckel, 1872)) Klautau, M.; Azevedo, F.; Cóndor-Luján, B. (2021). <i>Ernsta</i> nom. nov. (Calcarea, Porifera), a new genus name to replace <i>Ernstia</i> Klautau et al., 2013. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4991(2): 398-400., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4991.2.13
page(s): 398 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record (of Clathrina cordata (Haeckel, 1872)) Klautau, M.; Valentine, C. (2003). Revision of the genus <i>Clathrina</i> (Porifera, Calcarea). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 139(1): 1-62. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0024-4082.2003.00063.x [details] Available for editors

basis of record (of Ascandra cordata Haeckel, 1872) Klautau, M.; Valentine, C. (2003). Revision of the genus <i>Clathrina</i> (Porifera, Calcarea). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 139(1): 1-62. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0024-4082.2003.00063.x [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Leucosolenia cordata (Haeckel, 1872)) Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen).</em> 4: 111-147.
page(s): 141 [details] Available for editors

new combination reference (of Ernstia cordata (Haeckel, 1872)) 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.

new combination reference (of Ernsta cordata (Haeckel, 1872)) Klautau, M.; Azevedo, F.; Cóndor-Luján, B. (2021). <i>Ernsta</i> nom. nov. (Calcarea, Porifera), a new genus name to replace <i>Ernstia</i> Klautau et al., 2013. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4991(2): 398-400., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4991.2.13
page(s): 398 [details] Available for editors




