WoRMS taxon details
Cliona thoosina Topsent, 1888
170479 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170479)
accepted
Species
Cliona cretensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Topsent, E. (1888). Contribution à l'étude des Clionides. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> supplement 2 (5 bis) mém IV: 1-165, pls I-VII. [details]
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Taxonomy The synonymy of C. thoosina and C. cretensis suggested by Rosell & Uriz (2002) is compromised by the fact that apparently...
Taxonomy The synonymy of C. thoosina and C. cretensis suggested by Rosell & Uriz (2002) is compromised by the fact that apparently the origin of C. thoosina is unknown or at least (as can be deduced from the labels with the type) non-Mediterranean. The two types should be compared. [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Cliona thoosina Topsent, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170479 on 2024-08-22
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original description
Topsent, E. (1888). Contribution à l'étude des Clionides. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> supplement 2 (5 bis) mém IV: 1-165, pls I-VII. [details]
original description (of Cliona cretensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1983) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1983). A collection of Mediterranean Demospongiae (Porifera) with, in appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 84: 445-621. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record 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): 78; fig 16 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Cliona cretensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1983) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1983). A collection of Mediterranean Demospongiae (Porifera) with, in appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 84: 445-621. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record 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): 78; fig 16 [details] Available for editors
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Unknown type MNHN DT 2538, verbatimGeounit shell, locality unkn... [details]
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Taxonomy The synonymy of C. thoosina and C. cretensis suggested by Rosell & Uriz (2002) is compromised by the fact that apparently the origin of C. thoosina is unknown or at least (as can be deduced from the labels with the type) non-Mediterranean. The two types should be compared. [details]