WoRMS name details
Vioa johnstonii sensu Carter, 1886
194549 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:194549)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
Vioa Nardo, 1839 accepted as Cliona Grant, 1826
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1886). Supplement to the Descriptions of Mr.J. Bracebridge Wilson's Australian Sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 271-290, 369-379, 445-466, pl. X.
page(s): 458 [details]
page(s): 458 [details]
Taxonomy Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994) treated this records as if Carter described a new species, but Carter refered clearly to...
Taxonomy This is a misapplication of Schmidt's Vioa johnstonii, as that species has been assigned to the genus Jaspis, whereas...
Taxonomy Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994) treated this records as if Carter described a new species, but Carter refered clearly to Schmidt's Vioa johnstonii from the Adriatic. It is thus merely a misapplication. They reassigned this to Cliona carteri Ridley, 1881.
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Taxonomy This is a misapplication of Schmidt's Vioa johnstonii, as that species has been assigned to the genus Jaspis, whereas...
Taxonomy This is a misapplication of Schmidt's Vioa johnstonii, as that species has been assigned to the genus Jaspis, whereas Carter's species is a Cliona. [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. Vioa johnstonii sensu Carter, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=194549 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Carter, H.J. (1886). Supplement to the Descriptions of Mr.J. Bracebridge Wilson's Australian Sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 271-290, 369-379, 445-466, pl. X.
page(s): 458 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist
page(s): 132 [details]
page(s): 458 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist
page(s): 132 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994) treated this records as if Carter described a new species, but Carter refered clearly to Schmidt's Vioa johnstonii from the Adriatic. It is thus merely a misapplication. They reassigned this to Cliona carteri Ridley, 1881.[details]
Taxonomy This is a misapplication of Schmidt's Vioa johnstonii, as that species has been assigned to the genus Jaspis, whereas Carter's species is a Cliona. [details]
