MSBIAS taxon details
Ascandra contorta (Bowerbank, 1866)
236225 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236225)
accepted
Species
Clathrina contorta (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) 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): 29-32 [details]
page(s): 29-32 [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. Ascandra contorta (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=236225 on 2026-07-06
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. Ascandra contorta (Bowerbank, 1866). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236225 on 2026-07-06
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(of ) 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): 29-32 [details]
additional source Topaloğlu, B.; Evcen, A.; Cinar, M. E. (2016). Sponge fauna in the Sea of Marmara. <em>Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 16(1): 51-59., available online at https://doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v16_1_06
page(s): 54 [details] Available for editors
additional source Santín, A.; Grinyó, J.; Ambroso, S.; Uriz, M.-J.; Gori, A.; Dominguez-Carrió, C.; Gili, J.-M. (2018). Sponge assemblages on the deep Mediterranean continental shelf and slope (Menorca Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea). <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 131: 75-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.11.003
page(s): Supplementary data [details] Available for editors
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): 55 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 5: 176-191. [details]
new combination reference Klautau, M.; Azevedo, F.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Rapp, H.T.; Collins, A.; Russo, C.A.D.M. (2013). A Molecular Phylogeny for the Order Clathrinida Rekindles and Refines Haeckel's Taxonomic Proposal for Calcareous Sponges. <em>Integrative and Comparative Biology.</em> 53(3), 447-461., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/ict039
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 29-32 [details]
additional source Topaloğlu, B.; Evcen, A.; Cinar, M. E. (2016). Sponge fauna in the Sea of Marmara. <em>Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 16(1): 51-59., available online at https://doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v16_1_06
page(s): 54 [details] Available for editors
additional source Santín, A.; Grinyó, J.; Ambroso, S.; Uriz, M.-J.; Gori, A.; Dominguez-Carrió, C.; Gili, J.-M. (2018). Sponge assemblages on the deep Mediterranean continental shelf and slope (Menorca Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea). <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 131: 75-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.11.003
page(s): Supplementary data [details] Available for editors
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): 55 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 5: 176-191. [details]
new combination reference Klautau, M.; Azevedo, F.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Rapp, H.T.; Collins, A.; Russo, C.A.D.M. (2013). A Molecular Phylogeny for the Order Clathrinida Rekindles and Refines Haeckel's Taxonomic Proposal for Calcareous Sponges. <em>Integrative and Comparative Biology.</em> 53(3), 447-461., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/ict039
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Clathrina contorta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ascandra contorta)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Clathrina contorta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Clathrina contorta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Clathrina contorta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ascandra contorta)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Clathrina contorta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Clathrina contorta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Clathrina contorta (Bowerbank, 1866))