MSBIAS taxon details
Clathria (Thalysias) venosa (Alcolado, 1984)
196879 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196879)
accepted
Species
Clathria (Thalysias) hechteli Hooper, 1996 · unaccepted (junior synonym and removed homonymy)
Microciona microchela Hechtel, 1965 · unaccepted (genus transfer and preoccupied)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Alcolado, P.M. (1984). Nuevas especies de esponjas encontradas en Cuba [New species of sponges from Cuba]. <i>Poeyana 271</i>: 1-22 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 6; fig 3A & 4A [details]
page(s): 6; fig 3A & 4A [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) venosa (Alcolado, 1984). 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=196879 on 2026-05-19
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 (Thalysias) venosa (Alcolado, 1984). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196879 on 2026-05-19
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original description
(of Microciona microchela Hechtel, 1965) Hechtel, G.J. (1965). A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 20: 1-103.
page(s): 41; fig 7 [details]
original description (of Clathria (Thalysias) hechteli Hooper, 1996) 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]
original description (of ) Alcolado, P.M. (1984). Nuevas especies de esponjas encontradas en Cuba [New species of sponges from Cuba]. <i>Poeyana 271</i>: 1-22 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 6; fig 3A & 4A [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 Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 471 [details] Available for editors
additional source Gómez, P. (2014). The genus <em>Clathria</em> from the Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Caribbean, with redescription and resurrection of <em>Clathria carteri </em>(Poecilosclerida: Microcionidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3790(1): 51-085., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3790.1.3
page(s): 70 [details] Available for editors
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): 62-63 [details] Available for editors
additional source 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): 413 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 49-50 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 41; fig 7 [details]
original description (of Clathria (Thalysias) hechteli Hooper, 1996) 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]
original description (of ) Alcolado, P.M. (1984). Nuevas especies de esponjas encontradas en Cuba [New species of sponges from Cuba]. <i>Poeyana 271</i>: 1-22 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 6; fig 3A & 4A [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 Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 471 [details] Available for editors
additional source Gómez, P. (2014). The genus <em>Clathria</em> from the Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Caribbean, with redescription and resurrection of <em>Clathria carteri </em>(Poecilosclerida: Microcionidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3790(1): 51-085., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3790.1.3
page(s): 70 [details] Available for editors
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): 62-63 [details] Available for editors
additional source 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): 413 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 49-50 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Microciona microchela Hechtel, 1965)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Clathria (Thalysias) hechteli Hooper, 1996)
To PESI (from synonym Microciona microchela Hechtel, 1965)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (6 records) (from synonym Microciona microchela Hechtel, 1965)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005040.PR) (from synonym Microciona microchela Hechtel, 1965)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Clathria (Thalysias) hechteli Hooper, 1996)
To PESI (from synonym Microciona microchela Hechtel, 1965)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (6 records) (from synonym Microciona microchela Hechtel, 1965)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005040.PR) (from synonym Microciona microchela Hechtel, 1965)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym