WoRMS taxon details
Clathria (Thalysias) curacaoensis Arndt, 1927
765193 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:765193)
accepted
Species
Aulospongus schoenus de Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Clathria (Thalysias) raraechelae (van Soest, 1984) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Clathria (Thalysias) schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Clathria copiosa var. curacaoensis Arndt, 1927 · unaccepted (elevated to species level)
Clathria curacaoensis Arndt, 1927 · alternative representation
Clathria raraechelae (van Soest, 1984) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Clathria schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Rhaphidophlus raraechelae van Soest, 1984 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Rhaphidophlus schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Thalysias schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Arndt, W. (1927). Kalk- und Kieselschwämme von Curaçao. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 25: 133-158, pls I-III., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-02501006
page(s): 100 [details]
(of Clathria copiosa var. curacaoensis Arndt, 1927) Arndt, W. (1927). Kalk- und Kieselschwämme von Curaçao. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 25: 133-158, pls I-III., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-02501006
page(s): 148-149 [details]
page(s): 100 [details]
(of Clathria copiosa var. curacaoensis Arndt, 1927) Arndt, W. (1927). Kalk- und Kieselschwämme von Curaçao. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 25: 133-158, pls I-III., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-02501006
page(s): 148-149 [details]
Type locality contained in Southern Caribbean
type locality contained in Southern Caribbean [from synonym] [view taxon] [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 (Thalysias) curacaoensis Arndt, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765193 on 2026-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Arndt, W. (1927). Kalk- und Kieselschwämme von Curaçao. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 25: 133-158, pls I-III., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-02501006
page(s): 100 [details]
original description (of Rhaphidophlus raraechelae van Soest, 1984) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1984). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. <i>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands</i>. 66 (199): 1-167.
page(s): 116-118 [details]
original description (of Aulospongus schoenus de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 100-101; pl 13 fig 3 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Clathria copiosa var. curacaoensis Arndt, 1927) Arndt, W. (1927). Kalk- und Kieselschwämme von Curaçao. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 25: 133-158, pls I-III., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-02501006
page(s): 148-149 [details]
basis of record Zea, S.; Rodríguez, A.; Martínez, A.M. (2014). Taxonomy of <i>Clathria</i> (Thalysias) (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida: Microcionidae) from the Colombian Caribbean, with description of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3835 (4): 401–436., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.1
page(s): 407 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 100 [details]
original description (of Rhaphidophlus raraechelae van Soest, 1984) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1984). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. <i>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands</i>. 66 (199): 1-167.
page(s): 116-118 [details]
original description (of Aulospongus schoenus de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 100-101; pl 13 fig 3 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Clathria copiosa var. curacaoensis Arndt, 1927) Arndt, W. (1927). Kalk- und Kieselschwämme von Curaçao. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 25: 133-158, pls I-III., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-02501006
page(s): 148-149 [details]
basis of record Zea, S.; Rodríguez, A.; Martínez, A.M. (2014). Taxonomy of <i>Clathria</i> (Thalysias) (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida: Microcionidae) from the Colombian Caribbean, with description of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3835 (4): 401–436., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.1
page(s): 407 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4217: 1-225., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1
page(s): 150; note: The specimen from Guyana has a complement of peculiar subtylostyles. [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 61-62 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 150; note: The specimen from Guyana has a complement of peculiar subtylostyles. [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 61-62 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Clathria schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Rhaphidophlus raraechelae van Soest, 1984)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Aulospongus schoenus de Laubenfels, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Clathria schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clathria curacaoensis) (from synonym Clathria curacaoensis Arndt, 1927)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clathria schoenus) (from synonym Clathria schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Clathria schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Clathria (Thalysias) schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Aulospongus schoenus de Laubenfels, 1936)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Clathria curacaoensis Arndt, 1927)
To The Sponge Guide (from synonym Clathria (Thalysias) schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Aulospongus schoenus de Laubenfels, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Rhaphidophlus raraechelae van Soest, 1984)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Thalysias schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Clathria schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (8 records) (from synonym Clathria curacaoensis Arndt, 1927)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 22404) (from synonym Aulospongus schoenus de Laubenfels, 1936)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 004582.PR) (from synonym Clathria curacaoensis Arndt, 1927)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 077527) (from synonym Aulospongus schoenus de Laubenfels, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Rhaphidophlus raraechelae van Soest, 1984)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Aulospongus schoenus de Laubenfels, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Clathria schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clathria curacaoensis) (from synonym Clathria curacaoensis Arndt, 1927)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clathria schoenus) (from synonym Clathria schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Clathria schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Clathria (Thalysias) schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Aulospongus schoenus de Laubenfels, 1936)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Clathria curacaoensis Arndt, 1927)
To The Sponge Guide (from synonym Clathria (Thalysias) schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Aulospongus schoenus de Laubenfels, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Rhaphidophlus raraechelae van Soest, 1984)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Thalysias schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Clathria schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (8 records) (from synonym Clathria curacaoensis Arndt, 1927)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 22404) (from synonym Aulospongus schoenus de Laubenfels, 1936)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 004582.PR) (from synonym Clathria curacaoensis Arndt, 1927)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 077527) (from synonym Aulospongus schoenus de Laubenfels, 1936)
