WoRMS name details
Microciona curvichela Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965
391723 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:391723)
unaccepted (genus transfer and subsequent preoccupation)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1965). Spongiaires des grottes et surplombs des récifs de Tuléar (Madagascar). <em>Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume.</em> 2-4: 71-123.
page(s): 106-108 [details]
page(s): 106-108 [details]
Type locality contained in Western and Northern Madagascar
type locality contained in Western and Northern Madagascar [details]
Taxonomy Hooper (1996) transferred this species to Clathria, thus creating a combination already preoccupied by Clathria (Dendrocia)...
Taxonomy Hooper (1996) transferred this species to Clathria, thus creating a combination already preoccupied by Clathria (Dendrocia) curvichela (Hallmann, 1912 as Wilsonella). A new name was proposed, C. (M.) vacelettia, to remove this homonymy. [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. Microciona curvichela Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391723 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
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Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1965). Spongiaires des grottes et surplombs des récifs de Tuléar (Madagascar). <em>Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume.</em> 2-4: 71-123.
page(s): 106-108 [details]
page(s): 106-108 [details]
Other
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Boury-Esnault, N., G. Bellan, D. Bellan-Santini, C.F. Boudouresque, P.Chevaldonné, A. Dias, D. Faget, J.G. Harmelin, M. Harmelin-Vivien, C. Lejeusne, T. Pérez, J. Vacelet, M. Verlaque. (2023). The Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5249(2): 213-252. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Hooper (1996) transferred this species to Clathria, thus creating a combination already preoccupied by Clathria (Dendrocia) curvichela (Hallmann, 1912 as Wilsonella). A new name was proposed, C. (M.) vacelettia, to remove this homonymy. [details]Type specimen According to Hooper (1996) the type specimen is missing from the MNHN collections. [details]
