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Tenacia Schmidt, 1870

Spongia virgultosa Esper, 1806

AphiaID

184938 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184938)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Clathria (Thalysias) Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Tenacia clathrata Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) virgultosa (Esper, 1806) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Microcioninae Carter, 1875

Original name

Tenacia Schmidt, 1870

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Species Tenacia arcifera Schmidt, 1880 accepted as Echinoclathria arcifera (Schmidt, 1880) (genus transfer)
Species Tenacia clathrata Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) virgultosa (Esper, 1806) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Tenacia frondifera (Bowerbank, 1875) accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) vulpina (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Tenacia jolicoeuri (Topsent, 1892) accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) jolicoeuri (Topsent, 1892) (genus transfer)
Species Tenacia micropunctata Burton & Rao, 1932 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) micropunctata (Burton & Rao, 1932) (genus transfer)
Species Tenacia ridleyi (Lindgren, 1897) accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) ridleyi (Lindgren, 1897) (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Tenacia Schmidt, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=184938 on 2025-05-08

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.

2021-02-22 08:15:04Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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Nomenclature

original description Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. [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] Available for editors

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basis of record Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 432–468. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Hallmann, E.F. (1917). On the genera Echinaxia and Rhabdosigma (Porifera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 42(2): 391-405, pls XXI-XXII.
page(s): 769-771 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Lévi, C. (1960). Les démosponges des côtes de France: 1. Les Clathriidae [The Demospongiae of the French coasts: 1. The Clathriidae. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 1 (1): 47-87. (look up in IMIS)
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Spongia virgultosa Esper, 1806

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