WoRMS name details
Clathria vicina Lévi, 1960
699294 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:699294)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Topsent, E. (1920). Spongiaires du Musée Zoologique de Strasbourg. Monaxonides. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 381: 1-36. [details] 
Holotype MNHN D.T. 2169, geounit Western Mediterranean
Holotype MNHN D.T. 2169, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
Taxonomy This combination is used by Lévi (1960) for a sponge in the Strasbourg Museum, bearing a label in Schmidt's handwriting...
Taxonomy This combination is used by Lévi (1960) for a sponge in the Strasbourg Museum, bearing a label in Schmidt's handwriting 'Clathria vicina'. This was first mentioned in Topsent(1920). Since he provided no further data the name was a nomen nudum. Subsequently, Lévi (1960) provided some spicule measurements, and if this would be considered sufficient descriptive information, the name should be attributed to Lévi, 1960 rather than to Topsent, 1920. Since this is in all probabllity a specimen of Antho (Antho) morisca, the status of vicina is moot. [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 vicina Lévi, 1960. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=699294 on 2026-03-07
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Topsent, E. (1920). Spongiaires du Musée Zoologique de Strasbourg. Monaxonides. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 381: 1-36. [details]
basis of record Lévi, C. (1960). Les démosponges des côtes de France: 1. Les Clathriidae [The Demospongiae of the French coasts: 1. The Clathriidae. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 1 (1): 47-87. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Lévi, C. (1960). Les démosponges des côtes de France: 1. Les Clathriidae [The Demospongiae of the French coasts: 1. The Clathriidae. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 1 (1): 47-87. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; de Voogd, N.J. (2013). Microcionid sponges from Northwest Africa and the Macaronesian Islands (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida). <em>Zoölogische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 87 (4): 275-404., available online at http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?c=zoomed;idno=8702a03 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MNHN D.T. 2169, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy This combination is used by Lévi (1960) for a sponge in the Strasbourg Museum, bearing a label in Schmidt's handwriting 'Clathria vicina'. This was first mentioned in Topsent(1920). Since he provided no further data the name was a nomen nudum. Subsequently, Lévi (1960) provided some spicule measurements, and if this would be considered sufficient descriptive information, the name should be attributed to Lévi, 1960 rather than to Topsent, 1920. Since this is in all probabllity a specimen of Antho (Antho) morisca, the status of vicina is moot. [details]
