WoRMS taxon details
Crella incrustans (Carter, 1885)
169032 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169032)
accepted
Species
Clathrissa incrustans (Carter, 1885) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Echinoclathria macropora sensu Whitelegge, 1901 · unaccepted (misidentification)
Echinonema incrustans Carter, 1885 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Plumohalichondria australis Whitelegge, 1901 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Plumohalichondria incrustans (Carter, 1885) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
- Subspecies Crella incrustans arenacea (Carter, 1885)
- Subspecies Crella incrustans digitata Hallmann, 1912
- Subspecies Crella incrustans incrustans (Carter, 1885)
- Subspecies Crella incrustans levis (Lendenfeld, 1888)
- Subspecies Crella incrustans mammillata (Carter, 1885)
- Subspecies Crella incrustans perramosa Hallmann, 1912
- Subspecies Crella incrustans pumila (Lendenfeld, 1888)
- Subspecies Crella incrustans rubra (Lendenfeld, 1888)
- Subspecies Crella incrustans thielei Hentschel, 1911
- Variety Crella incrustans var. arenacea (Carter, 1885) accepted as Crella incrustans arenacea (Carter, 1885) (status change)
- Variety Crella incrustans var. digitata Hallmann, 1912 accepted as Crella incrustans digitata Hallmann, 1912 (status change)
- Variety Crella incrustans var. levis (Lendenfeld, 1888) accepted as Crella incrustans levis (Lendenfeld, 1888) (status change)
- Variety Crella incrustans var. mammillata (Carter, 1885) accepted as Crella incrustans mammillata (Carter, 1885) (status change)
- Variety Crella incrustans var. perramosa Hallmann, 1912 accepted as Crella incrustans perramosa Hallmann, 1912 (status change)
- Variety Crella incrustans var. pumila (Lendenfeld, 1888) accepted as Crella incrustans pumila (Lendenfeld, 1888) (status change)
- Variety Crella incrustans var. rubra (Lendenfeld, 1888) accepted as Crella incrustans rubra (Lendenfeld, 1888) (status change)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinonema incrustans Carter, 1885) Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938509459882
page(s): 353 [details]
page(s): 353 [details]
Holotype (of Echinonema incrustans Carter, 1885) BMNH...
Holotype (of Echinonema incrustans Carter, 1885) BMNH 1886.12.15.123, geounit Bassian [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. Crella incrustans (Carter, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169032 on 2026-08-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Echinonema incrustans Carter, 1885) Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938509459882
page(s): 353 [details]
original description (of Plumohalichondria australis Whitelegge, 1901) Whitelegge, T. (1901). Report on sponges from the coastal beaches of New South Wales. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 4 (2): 55-118, pls X-XV. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.4.1901.1085 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details]
basis of record Bergquist, P.R.; Fromont, P.J. (1988). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 4 Poecilosclerida. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 96: 1-197.
page(s): 77-79 [details]
page(s): 353 [details]
original description (of Plumohalichondria australis Whitelegge, 1901) Whitelegge, T. (1901). Report on sponges from the coastal beaches of New South Wales. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 4 (2): 55-118, pls X-XV. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.4.1901.1085 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details]
basis of record Bergquist, P.R.; Fromont, P.J. (1988). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 4 Poecilosclerida. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 96: 1-197.
page(s): 77-79 [details]
Other
additional source
Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Kim, J.Y.; Sim, C.J. (2001). New record of two poecilosclerid sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae) from Korea. <em>Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology.</em> 17 (1): 29-34.
page(s): 30 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Varsha, M.S.; ; Ranjith, L.; Varghese, M.; Joshi, K.K.; Sethulakshmi, M.; Prasad, A.R.; Antony, T.P.; Parvathy. M.S.; Jesuraj, N.; Muthukrishnan, P.; Ravindren, I.; Paulpondi, A.; Kanthan, K.P.; Karuppuswami, M.; Biswas, M.; Gopalakrishnan, A. (2020). Biodiversity of sponges (Phylum: Porifera) off Tuticorin, India. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 62(2): 40-57., available online at https://doi.org/10.6024/jmbai.2020.62.2.2250-05
page(s): 47; note: Probable misapplication. C. incrustnas is an eastern Australian/ New Zealand species not previously reported in the Gulf of Mannar, Indian region. Until the record is confirmed through re-examination ...
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additional source Pritchard, K.; Ward, V.; Battershill, C.N.; Bergquist, P.R. (1984). Marine sponges: forty-six sponges of Northern New Zealand. <em>Leigh Laboratory Bulletin.</em> 14: 1-149.
page(s): 50 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Kim, J.Y.; Sim, C.J. (2001). New record of two poecilosclerid sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae) from Korea. <em>Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology.</em> 17 (1): 29-34.
page(s): 30 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Varsha, M.S.; ; Ranjith, L.; Varghese, M.; Joshi, K.K.; Sethulakshmi, M.; Prasad, A.R.; Antony, T.P.; Parvathy. M.S.; Jesuraj, N.; Muthukrishnan, P.; Ravindren, I.; Paulpondi, A.; Kanthan, K.P.; Karuppuswami, M.; Biswas, M.; Gopalakrishnan, A. (2020). Biodiversity of sponges (Phylum: Porifera) off Tuticorin, India. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 62(2): 40-57., available online at https://doi.org/10.6024/jmbai.2020.62.2.2250-05
page(s): 47; note: Probable misapplication. C. incrustnas is an eastern Australian/ New Zealand species not previously reported in the Gulf of Mannar, Indian region. Until the record is confirmed through re-examination ...
Probable misapplication. C. incrustnas is an eastern Australian/ New Zealand species not previously reported in the Gulf of Mannar, Indian region. Until the record is confirmed through re-examination of voucher specimens this distribution is incertae sedis
[request]additional source Pritchard, K.; Ward, V.; Battershill, C.N.; Bergquist, P.R. (1984). Marine sponges: forty-six sponges of Northern New Zealand. <em>Leigh Laboratory Bulletin.</em> 14: 1-149.
page(s): 50 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Echinonema incrustans Carter, 1885) BMNH 1886.12.15.123, geounit Bassian [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Clathrissa incrustans (Carter, 1885))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Plumohalichondria incrustans (Carter, 1885))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crella incrustans)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Echinonema incrustans Carter, 1885)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 074204)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Clathrissa incrustans (Carter, 1885))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Plumohalichondria incrustans (Carter, 1885))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crella incrustans)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Echinonema incrustans Carter, 1885)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 074204)
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