World Porifera Database - Species - Ophistospongia Gray, 1867

Porifera name details

Ophistospongia Gray, 1867

AphiaID

184816 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184816)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted Name

Clathria (Microciona) Bowerbank, 1862

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Ophistospongia australis Gray, 1867 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) australis (Gray, 1867) accepted as Crella incrustans var. arenacea (Carter, 1885) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Microcioninae Carter, 1875

Direct children (1)
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Species Ophistospongia australis Gray, 1867 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) australis (Gray, 1867) accepted as Crella incrustans var. arenacea (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Van Soest, R.W.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schönberg, C.; Klautau, M.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P.; Carballo, J.L.; Ríos, P.; Downey, R.; Morrow, C.C. (2019). World Porifera Database. Ophistospongia Gray, 1867. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=184816 on 2019-09-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-12 17:12:35Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-02-08 18:57:09Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2008-11-22 11:56:23Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (2)

original description Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]

basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875. pp. 432-468. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]