WoRMS taxon details

Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849)

157411  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157411)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Clionaida (Order)
  7. Clionaidae (Family)
  8. Pione (Genus)
  9. Pione vastifica (Species)
accepted
Species
Cliona canadensis Hancock, 1849 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Cliona corallinoides Hancock, 1849 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cliona gracilis Hancock, 1849 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cliona northumbrica Hancock, 1849 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cliona pontica Czerniavsky, 1878 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Pione canadensis (Hancock, 1849) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pione corallinoides (Hancock, 1849) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Vioa grantii Schmidt, 1862 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Vioa incarnata Uljanin, 1872 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Vioa vastifica (Hancock, 1849) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849) Hancock, A. (1849). On the Excavating Powers of certain Sponges belonging to the genus <i>Cliona</i> with descriptions of several new Species,and an allied generic form. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2)3(17): 321-348, pls XII-XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085612 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in North Sea  
type locality contained in North Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157411 on 2025-07-01
Date
action
by
2005-05-23 09:16:32Z
created
Claus, Simon
2005-12-12 19:27:27Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2008-03-28 19:43:53Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cliona northumbrica Hancock, 1849) Hancock, A. (1849). On the Excavating Powers of certain Sponges belonging to the genus <i>Cliona</i> with descriptions of several new Species,and an allied generic form. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2)3(17): 321-348, pls XII-XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085612
page(s): 336-337; pl XIV fig 5 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849) Hancock, A. (1849). On the Excavating Powers of certain Sponges belonging to the genus <i>Cliona</i> with descriptions of several new Species,and an allied generic form. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2)3(17): 321-348, pls XII-XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085612 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cliona corallinoides Hancock, 1849) Hancock, A. (1849). On the Excavating Powers of certain Sponges belonging to the genus <i>Cliona</i> with descriptions of several new Species,and an allied generic form. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2)3(17): 321-348, pls XII-XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085612
page(s): 337-338 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cliona gracilis Hancock, 1849) Hancock, A. (1849). On the Excavating Powers of certain Sponges belonging to the genus <i>Cliona</i> with descriptions of several new Species,and an allied generic form. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2)3(17): 321-348, pls XII-XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085612 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cliona canadensis Hancock, 1849) Hancock, A. (1849). On the Excavating Powers of certain Sponges belonging to the genus <i>Cliona</i> with descriptions of several new Species,and an allied generic form. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2)3(17): 321-348, pls XII-XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085612
page(s): 340-341 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Vioa grantii Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 78; pl VII fig 15 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Vioa incarnata Uljanin, 1872) Uljanin, O.W., 1872. Matériaux pour la faune de la Mer Noire (en russe). Bull. Soc. Imp. Amis Sci. nat. 9 1: 77-137. [details] 

original description (of Cliona (Archaeocliona) pontica Czerniavsky, 1878) Czerniavsky, V. (1878). Littoral sponges of the Black and Caspian Seas. [In Russian]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 53(2): 375-397, pls V-VIII.
page(s): 396 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cliona (Archaeocliona) pontica Czerniavsky, 1878) Czerniavsky, V. (1880 [1879]). Spongiae littorales Pontis Euxini et maris Caspii. Continuatio. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 54 (3): 88-128, 228-320, pls I-IV [In Russian].
page(s): 244-245; pl II fig 17 a-f [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

redescription Rosell, D.; Uriz, M.J. (2002). Excavating and endolithic sponge species (Porifera) from the Mediterranean: species descriptions and identification key. <em>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution.</em> 2, 55-86.
page(s): 65-68; fig 7 & 8 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Bermuda) Rützler, K. (1974). The burrowing sponges of Bermuda. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 165: 32 pp [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ereskovsky, A.; Morozov, G. (2025). Checklist of sponges (Porifera) from the White Sea, Arctic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5584(1): 71-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.1.4
page(s): 77 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ben Mustapha, K; Zarrouk, S.; Souissi, A.; El Abed, A. (2003). Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. <em>Bulletin Institut national des Sciences et Technologies de la mer de Salammbô.</em> 30, 55-78. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ereskovsky, A.V.; Kovtun, O.A.; Pronin, K.K. (2016). Marine cave biota of the Tarkhankut Peninsula (Black Sea, Crimea), with emphasis on sponge taxonomic composition, spatial distribution and ecological particularities. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 96(2), 391-406., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315415001071
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Cardone, F.; Corriero, G.; Fianchini, A.; Gravina, M. F.; Nonnis Marzano, C. (2014). Biodiversity of transitional waters: species composition and comparative analysis of hard bottom communities from the south-eastern Italian coast. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 94(01): 25-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315413001306
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Calcinai, B.; Sacco Perasso, C.; Davidde Petriaggi, B.; Ricci, S. (2019). Endolithic and epilithic sponges of archaeological marble statues recovered in the Blue Grotto, Capri (Italy) and in the Antikythera shipwreck (Greece). <em>Facies.</em> 65(2)., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10347-019-0562-7
page(s): 5 & 7-8 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
page(s): 2158 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Syntype (of Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849) Hancock Museum, Newcastle, UK, nrs. 4.16.36-39, geounit North Sea [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English red boring horny spongeboring sponge  [details]
French éponge rougeclione rouge  [details]
German roter Schwamm  [details]
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Vioa grantii Schmidt, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cliona gracilis Hancock, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Cliona corallinoides Hancock, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Vioa incarnata Uljanin, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cliona pontica Czerniavsky, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cliona canadensis Hancock, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) (from synonym Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Vioa vastifica (Hancock, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cliona northumbrica Hancock, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pione vastifica) 
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Pione canadensis (Hancock, 1849))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Cliona canadensis Hancock, 1849)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Pione corallinoides (Hancock, 1849))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 5 proteins) 
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Cliona corallinoides Hancock, 1849)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Cliona gracilis Hancock, 1849)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Cliona northumbrica Hancock, 1849)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Cliona pontica Czerniavsky, 1878)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pione vastifica) 
To PESI (from synonym Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849)
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Cliona pontica Czerniavsky, 1878)
To PESI (from synonym Cliona northumbrica Hancock, 1849)
To PESI (from synonym Cliona corallinoides Hancock, 1849)
To PESI (from synonym Cliona gracilis Hancock, 1849)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Pione vastifica) 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Pione vastifica) 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Pione vastifica) 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Pione vastifica) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (24 records) (from synonym Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (4 records) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 001851.PR) 
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pione vastifica)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pione vastifica)
Hosted externally
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 001851.PR)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 001851.PR)
Hosted externally