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Chondrocladia Thomson, 1873

Chondrocladia virgata

AphiaID

131894 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131894)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Chondrocladia virgata Thomson, 1873 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) virgata Thomson, 1873 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Cladorhizidae Dendy, 1922

Original name

Chondrocladia Thomson, 1873

Direct children (78)

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Subgenus Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) Thomson, 1873
1. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) albatrossi Tendal, 1973
2. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) amphactis (Schmidt, 1880)
3. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) antarctica Hentschel, 1914
4. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) arenifera Brøndsted, 1929
5. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) asigmata Lévi, 1964
6. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) burtoni Tendal, 1973
7. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) callistemonex Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2020
8. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) clavata Ridley & Dendy, 1886
9. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) concrescens (Schmidt, 1880)
10. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) coronata Hestetun, Rapp & Pomponi, 2019
11. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) crinita Ridley & Dendy, 1886
12. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) dichotoma Lévi, 1964
13. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) fatimae Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982
14. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) freycinetensis Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2020
15. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) gracilis Lévi, 1964
16. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) grandis (Verrill, 1879)
17. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) guiteli Topsent, 1904
18. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) koltuni Vacelet, 2006
19. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) lampadiglobus Vacelet, 2006
20. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) levii Cristobo, Urgorri & Rios, 2005
21. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) magna Tanita, 1965
22. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) multichela Lévi, 1964
23. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) nani Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982
24. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) nicolae Cristobo, Urgorri & Rios, 2005
25. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) pulvinata Lévi, 1993
26. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) robertballardi Cristobo, Ríos, Pomponi & Xavier, 2015
27. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) saffronae Goodwin, Berman, Downey & Hendry, 2017
28. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) sagari Rengaiyan & Ingole, 2022
29. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) schlatteri Lopes, Bravo & Hajdu, 2011
30. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) scolionema Lévi, 1993
31. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) trisigmata Castello-Branco & Hajdu, 2024
32. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) vaceleti Cristobo, Urgorri & Rios, 2005
33. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) verticillata Topsent, 1920
34. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) virgata Thomson, 1873
35. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) yatsui Topsent, 1930
36. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) zygainadentonis Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2020
Subgenus Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) Ridley & Dendy, 1886
1. Species Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) latrunculioides Lopes, Bravo & Hajdu, 2011
2. Species Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) occulta (Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2006)
3. Species Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) rogersi Hestetun, Rapp & Xavier, 2017
4. Species Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) stipitata Ridley & Dendy, 1886
5. Species Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) tasmaniensis Vacelet, Kelly & Schlacher-Hoenlinger, 2009
6. Species Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) turbiformis Vacelet, Kelly & Schlacher-Hoenlinger, 2009
Subgenus Chondrocladia (Symmetrocladia) Lee, Reiswig, Austin & Lundsten, 2012
1. Species Chondrocladia (Symmetrocladia) lyra Lee, Reiswig, Austin & Lundsten, 2012
Species Chondrocladia albatrossi Tendal, 1973 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) albatrossi Tendal, 1973 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia antarctica Hentschel, 1914 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) antarctica Hentschel, 1914 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia arenifera Brøndsted, 1929 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) arenifera Brøndsted, 1929 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia asigmata Lévi, 1964 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) asigmata Lévi, 1964 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia burtoni Tendal, 1973 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) burtoni Tendal, 1973 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia clavata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) clavata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia concrescens (Schmidt, 1880) represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) concrescens (Schmidt, 1880)
Species Chondrocladia crinita Ridley & Dendy, 1886 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) crinita Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia dichotoma Lévi, 1964 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) dichotoma Lévi, 1964 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia fatimae Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) fatimae Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia gigantea (Hansen, 1885) represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) grandis (Verrill, 1879) (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia gracilis Lévi, 1964 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) gracilis Lévi, 1964 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia grandis (Verrill, 1879) represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) grandis (Verrill, 1879)
Species Chondrocladia guiteli Topsent, 1904 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) guiteli Topsent, 1904 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia koltuni Vacelet, 2006 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) koltuni Vacelet, 2006
Species Chondrocladia lampadiglobus Vacelet, 2006 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) lampadiglobus Vacelet, 2006
Species Chondrocladia levii Cristobo, Urgorri & Rios, 2005 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) levii Cristobo, Urgorri & Rios, 2005 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia lyra Lee, Reiswig, Austin & Lundsten, 2012 represented as Chondrocladia (Symmetrocladia) lyra Lee, Reiswig, Austin & Lundsten, 2012 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia magna Tanita, 1965 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) magna Tanita, 1965 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia michaelsarsii Arnesen, 1920 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) virgata Thomson, 1873 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia multichela Lévi, 1964 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) multichela Lévi, 1964 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia nani Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) nani Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia nicolae Cristobo, Urgorri & Rios, 2005 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) nicolae Cristobo, Urgorri & Rios, 2005 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia nucleus (Hansen, 1885) represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) grandis (Verrill, 1879) (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia pulvinata Lévi, 1993 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) pulvinata Lévi, 1993 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia sagari Rengaiyan & Ingole, 2022 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) sagari Rengaiyan & Ingole, 2022
Species Chondrocladia scolionema Lévi, 1993 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) scolionema Lévi, 1993 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia stipitata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 represented as Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) stipitata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia vaceleti Cristobo, Urgorri & Rios, 2005 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) vaceleti Cristobo, Urgorri & Rios, 2005 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia verticillata Topsent, 1920 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) verticillata Topsent, 1920 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia virgata Thomson, 1873 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) virgata Thomson, 1873 (subgenus assignment)
Species Chondrocladia yatsui Topsent, 1930 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) yatsui Topsent, 1930 (subgenus assignment)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Thomson, C.W. (1873). The Depth of the Sea. An Account of the General Results of the Dredging Cruises of the H.M.SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning During the Summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870, Under the Scientific Direction of Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S. and Dr. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Macmillan and Co.: London, xxi + 527 pp., pls. I-VIII. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16330317 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Chondrocladia Thomson, 1873. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131894 on 2025-05-04

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Chondrocladia Thomson, 1873. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131894 on 2025-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2007-06-11 17:39:51Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2010-10-07 18:10:58Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2018-11-26 09:02:28Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2020-12-13 10:31:54Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Thomson, C.W. (1873). The Depth of the Sea. An Account of the General Results of the Dredging Cruises of the H.M.SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning During the Summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870, Under the Scientific Direction of Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S. and Dr. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Macmillan and Co.: London, xxi + 527 pp., pls. I-VIII. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16330317 [details]

basis of record Hajdu, E.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Family Cladorhizidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 636-641. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) (2002). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors

basis of record Lundbeck, W. (1905). Porifera. (Part II.) Desmacidonidae. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 6(2):1-219.
page(s): 102 [details]

basis of record Hajdu, E.; Vacelet, J. (2002 [2004]). Family Cladorhizidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 636-641. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors