WoRMS name details
Cliona bacillifera Carter, 1887
190661 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190661)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1887). Report on the Marine Sponges, chiefly from King Island, in the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 21(127-128): 61-84, pls 5-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1887.tb00381.x [details] 
Type locality contained in Andaman Sea Coral Coast
type locality contained in Andaman Sea Coral Coast [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. Cliona bacillifera Carter, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=190661 on 2026-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Carter, H.J. (1887). Report on the Marine Sponges, chiefly from King Island, in the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 21(127-128): 61-84, pls 5-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1887.tb00381.x [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Annandale, N. (1915). Indian Boring Sponges of the Family Clionidae. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 11 (1): 1-24.
page(s): 8 [details]
page(s): 8 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
