WoRMS taxon details
Dotona Carter, 1880
132029 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132029)
accepted
Genus
Dotona pulchella Carter, 1880 (type by monotypy)
Dyscliona Kirkpatrick, 1900 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Dotona davidi (Kirkpatrick, 1900)
- Species Dotona pulchella Carter, 1880
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Carter, H.J. (1880). Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar and presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt.W.H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 6(31):35-61, pls IV-VI; 129-156, pls VII, VIII. [details] 
Taxonomy The relationships of Dotona with other Clionaidae need further studies
Taxonomy The relationships of Dotona with other Clionaidae need further studies [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. Dotona Carter, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132029 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Carter, H.J. (1880). Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar and presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt.W.H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 6(31):35-61, pls IV-VI; 129-156, pls VII, VIII. [details]
original description (of Dyscliona Kirkpatrick, 1900) Kirkpatrick, R. (1900). Description of Sponges from Funafuti. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (7) 6 (34): 345-362, pls XIII-XV. [details]
original description (of Dyscliona Kirkpatrick, 1900) Kirkpatrick, R. (1900). Description of Sponges from Funafuti. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (7) 6 (34): 345-362, pls XIII-XV. [details]
Other
additional source
Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy The relationships of Dotona with other Clionaidae need further studies [details]
