Porifera taxon details
Clathria (Clathria) arbuscula (Row, 1911)
167493 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167493)
accepted
Species
Litaspongia arbuscula (Row, 1911) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Ophlitaspongia arbuscula Row, 1911 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ophlitaspongia arbuscula Row, 1911) Row, R.W.H. (1911). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S. XIX. Report on the Sponges collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland in 1904-5. Part II. Non-Calcarea. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology.</em> 31 (208): 287-400, pls 35-41.
page(s): 347-349 [details]
page(s): 347-349 [details]
Holotype (of Ophlitaspongia arbuscula Row, 1911) BMNH...
Holotype (of Ophlitaspongia arbuscula Row, 1911) BMNH 1912.2.1.63, geounit Southern Red Sea [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. Clathria (Clathria) arbuscula (Row, 1911). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/www.aqua-aquapress.com/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167493 on 2025-07-13
original description
(of Ophlitaspongia arbuscula Row, 1911) Row, R.W.H. (1911). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S. XIX. Report on the Sponges collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland in 1904-5. Part II. Non-Calcarea. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology.</em> 31 (208): 287-400, pls 35-41.
page(s): 347-349 [details]
additional source Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Kennedy, J.A. (2000). A new <i>Clathria</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae: Microcionidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 42 (2): 427-444. [details]
redescription El-Arab, M.A.L.E.; Ekins, M. (2023). Redescription of <i>Ophlitaspongia (?) arbuscula</i> Row, 1911 and <i>Ophlitaspongia (?) horrida</i> Row, 1911 from the Red Sea, and their placement in <i>Clathria (Clathria)</i> Schmidt, 1862. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5297 (1): 48–60., available online at http://zoobank.org:pub:1F89880E-AFBB-4392-87F6-913C99EBCABD
page(s): 51-53 [details] Available for editors
[request]
new combination reference (of Litaspongia arbuscula (Row, 1911)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 347-349 [details]
additional source Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Kennedy, J.A. (2000). A new <i>Clathria</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae: Microcionidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 42 (2): 427-444. [details]
redescription El-Arab, M.A.L.E.; Ekins, M. (2023). Redescription of <i>Ophlitaspongia (?) arbuscula</i> Row, 1911 and <i>Ophlitaspongia (?) horrida</i> Row, 1911 from the Red Sea, and their placement in <i>Clathria (Clathria)</i> Schmidt, 1862. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5297 (1): 48–60., available online at http://zoobank.org:pub:1F89880E-AFBB-4392-87F6-913C99EBCABD
page(s): 51-53 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference (of Litaspongia arbuscula (Row, 1911)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Ophlitaspongia arbuscula Row, 1911) BMNH 1912.2.1.63, geounit Southern Red Sea [details]
