WoRMS taxon details
Clathria (Microciona) bulboretorta (Carter, 1880)
167623 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167623)
accepted
Species
Clathria bulboretorta (Carter, 1880) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Microciona bulboretorta Carter, 1880 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Microciona bulboretorta Carter, 1880) Carter, H.J. (1880). Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar and presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt.W.H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 6(31):35-61, pls IV-VI; 129-156, pls VII, VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938009458893
page(s): 41-42 [details]
page(s): 41-42 [details]
Type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka
type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Clathria (Microciona) bulboretorta (Carter, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167623 on 2026-06-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Microciona bulboretorta Carter, 1880) Carter, H.J. (1880). Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar and presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt.W.H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 6(31):35-61, pls IV-VI; 129-156, pls VII, VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938009458893
page(s): 41-42 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (1996). Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 40: 1-626., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40092950 [details]
page(s): 41-42 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (1996). Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 40: 1-626., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40092950 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
