MSBIAS taxon details
Clathria (Microciona) fallax (Bowerbank, 1866)
167638 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167638)
accepted
Species
Microciona fallax Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Microciona fallax Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 128-129 [details]
page(s): 128-129 [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 (Microciona) fallax (Bowerbank, 1866). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167638 on 2026-02-16
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Clathria (Microciona) fallax (Bowerbank, 1866). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167638 on 2026-02-16
original description
(of Microciona fallax Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 128-129 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (1996). Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 40: 1-626., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40092950 [details]
additional source Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 33 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 128-129 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (1996). Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 40: 1-626., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40092950 [details]
additional source Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 33 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Microciona fallax Bowerbank, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Microciona fallax Bowerbank, 1866)
To PESI (from synonym Microciona fallax Bowerbank, 1866)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 5047) (from synonym Microciona fallax Bowerbank, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Microciona fallax Bowerbank, 1866)
To PESI (from synonym Microciona fallax Bowerbank, 1866)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 5047) (from synonym Microciona fallax Bowerbank, 1866)