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WoRMS taxon details

Cyamon quadriradiatum (Carter, 1880)

AphiaID

167947 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167947)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cyamon Gray, 1867

Original name

Microciona quadriradiata Carter, 1880

Synonymised names

Clathria (Microciona) quadriradiata (Carter, 1880) · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Clathria quadriradiata (Carter, 1880) · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Microciona quadriradiata Carter, 1880 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Microciona quadriradiatum Carter, 1880 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Microciona quadriradiata 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. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5) 6(31):35-61, pls IV-VI; 129-156, pls VII, VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938009458893
page(s): 42 [details]

Type data

Holotype (of Microciona quadriradiata Carter, 1880)...

Holotype (of Microciona quadriradiata Carter, 1880) LFM (destroyed), geounit South India and Sri Lanka [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Cyamon quadriradiatum (Carter, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167947 on 2026-07-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2010-01-25 18:39:48Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Microciona quadriradiata 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. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5) 6(31):35-61, pls IV-VI; 129-156, pls VII, VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938009458893
page(s): 42 [details]

basis of record Van Soest, R.; Carballo, J.L.; Hooper, J. (2012). Polyaxone monaxonids: revision of raspailiid sponges with polyactine megascleres (Cyamon and Trikentrion). ZooKeys. 239: 1-70., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.239.3734
page(s): 36-37 [details]

Other

additional source Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers. 205-365.
page(s): 258 [details] Available for editors