WoRMS name details
Microciona aceratoobtusa Carter, 1887
192437 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192437)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
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] 
Neotype NTM Z3676, geounit Gulf of Thailand
Neotype NTM Z3676, geounit Gulf of Thailand [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. Microciona aceratoobtusa Carter, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=192437 on 2026-06-07
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Nomenclature
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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]
Other
additional source
Thomas, P.A. (1989). Sponge fauna of Lakshadweep. <em>Bulletin of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute.</em> 43: 150-161.
page(s): 159 [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 273-274 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Thomas, P.A.; Pillai, C.S.G.; Rajagopalan, M.S. (1996). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Kutch. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 8 (1-2): 124-132.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 159 [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 273-274 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Thomas, P.A.; Pillai, C.S.G.; Rajagopalan, M.S. (1996). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Kutch. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 8 (1-2): 124-132.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype NTM Z3676, geounit Gulf of Thailand [details]
From editor or global species database
Holotype Holotype in Liverpool Free Museum was destroyed during World War II. [details]
