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Chondrocladia Thomson, 1873

131894  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131894)

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Crinorhiza Schmidt, 1880 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Meliiderma Ridley & Dendy, 1887 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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  1. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) albatrossi Tendal, 1973
  2. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) amphactis (Schmidt, 1880)
  3. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) antarctica Hentschel, 1914
  4. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) arenifera Brøndsted, 1929
  5. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) asigmata Lévi, 1964
  6. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) burtoni Tendal, 1973
  7. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) callistemonex Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2020
  8. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) clavata Ridley & Dendy, 1886
  9. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) concrescens (Schmidt, 1880)
  10. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) coronata Hestetun, Rapp & Pomponi, 2019
  11. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) crinita Ridley & Dendy, 1886
  12. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) dichotoma Lévi, 1964
  13. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) fatimae Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982
  14. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) freycinetensis Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2020
  15. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) gracilis Lévi, 1964
  16. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) grandis (Verrill, 1879)
  17. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) guiteli Topsent, 1904
  18. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) koltuni Vacelet, 2006
  19. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) lampadiglobus Vacelet, 2006
  20. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) levii Cristobo, Urgorri & Rios, 2005
  21. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) magna Tanita, 1965
  22. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) multichela Lévi, 1964
  23. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) nani Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982
  24. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) nicolae Cristobo, Urgorri & Rios, 2005
  25. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) pulvinata Lévi, 1993
  26. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) robertballardi Cristobo, Ríos, Pomponi & Xavier, 2015
  27. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) saffronae Goodwin, Berman, Downey & Hendry, 2017
  28. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) sagari Rengaiyan & Ingole, 2022
  29. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) schlatteri Lopes, Bravo & Hajdu, 2011
  30. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) scolionema Lévi, 1993
  31. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) trisigmata Castello-Branco & Hajdu, 2024
  32. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) vaceleti Cristobo, Urgorri & Rios, 2005
  33. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) verticillata Topsent, 1920
  34. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) virgata Thomson, 1873
  35. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) yatsui Topsent, 1930
  36. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) zygainadentonis Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2020
  37. Species Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) latrunculioides Lopes, Bravo & Hajdu, 2011
  38. Species Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) occulta (Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2006)
  39. Species Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) rogersi Hestetun, Rapp & Xavier, 2017
  40. Species Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) stipitata Ridley & Dendy, 1886
  41. Species Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) tasmaniensis Vacelet, Kelly & Schlacher-Hoenlinger, 2009
  42. Species Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) turbiformis Vacelet, Kelly & Schlacher-Hoenlinger, 2009
  43. Species Chondrocladia (Symmetrocladia) lyra Lee, Reiswig, Austin & Lundsten, 2012
  44. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) arctica (Hansen, 1885) accepted as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) grandis (Verrill, 1879)
  45. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) gigantea (Hansen, 1885) accepted as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) grandis (Verrill, 1879)
  46. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) michaelsarsi Arnesen, 1920 accepted as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) virgata Thomson, 1873
  47. Species Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) nucleus (Hansen, 1885) accepted as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) grandis (Verrill, 1879)
  48. Species Chondrocladia alaskensis Lambe, 1895 accepted as Monanchora alaskensis (Lambe, 1895) (genus transfer)
  49. Species Chondrocladia dura Kieschnick, 1900 accepted as Iotrochota purpurea (Bowerbank, 1875) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  50. Species Chondrocladia flabelliformis (Koltun, 1970) accepted as Koltunicladia flabelliformis (Koltun, 1970) (genus transfer)
  51. Species Chondrocladia pulchra Lambe, 1895 accepted as Monanchora pulchra (Lambe, 1895) (genus transfer)
  52. Species Chondrocladia ramosa Kieschnick, 1896 accepted as Iotrochota purpurea (Bowerbank, 1875) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  53. Species Chondrocladia sessilis Kieschnick, 1900 accepted as Iotrochota purpurea (Bowerbank, 1875) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  54. Species Chondrocladia albatrossi Tendal, 1973 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) albatrossi Tendal, 1973 (subgenus assignment)
  55. Species Chondrocladia antarctica Hentschel, 1914 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) antarctica Hentschel, 1914 (subgenus assignment)
  56. Species Chondrocladia arenifera Brøndsted, 1929 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) arenifera Brøndsted, 1929 (subgenus assignment)
  57. Species Chondrocladia asigmata Lévi, 1964 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) asigmata Lévi, 1964 (subgenus assignment)
  58. Species Chondrocladia burtoni Tendal, 1973 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) burtoni Tendal, 1973 (subgenus assignment)
  59. Species Chondrocladia clavata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) clavata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (subgenus assignment)
  60. Species Chondrocladia concrescens (Schmidt, 1880) represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) concrescens (Schmidt, 1880)
  61. Species Chondrocladia crinita Ridley & Dendy, 1886 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) crinita Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (subgenus assignment)
  62. Species Chondrocladia dichotoma Lévi, 1964 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) dichotoma Lévi, 1964 (subgenus assignment)
  63. Species Chondrocladia fatimae Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) fatimae Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982 (subgenus assignment)
  64. Species Chondrocladia gigantea (Hansen, 1885) represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) grandis (Verrill, 1879) (subgenus assignment)
  65. Species Chondrocladia gracilis Lévi, 1964 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) gracilis Lévi, 1964 (subgenus assignment)
  66. Species Chondrocladia grandis (Verrill, 1879) represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) grandis (Verrill, 1879)
  67. Species Chondrocladia guiteli Topsent, 1904 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) guiteli Topsent, 1904 (subgenus assignment)
  68. Species Chondrocladia koltuni Vacelet, 2006 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) koltuni Vacelet, 2006
  69. Species Chondrocladia lampadiglobus Vacelet, 2006 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) lampadiglobus Vacelet, 2006
  70. Species Chondrocladia levii Cristobo, Urgorri & Rios, 2005 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) levii Cristobo, Urgorri & Rios, 2005 (subgenus assignment)
  71. Species Chondrocladia lyra Lee, Reiswig, Austin & Lundsten, 2012 represented as Chondrocladia (Symmetrocladia) lyra Lee, Reiswig, Austin & Lundsten, 2012 (subgenus assignment)
  72. Species Chondrocladia magna Tanita, 1965 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) magna Tanita, 1965 (subgenus assignment)
  73. Species Chondrocladia michaelsarsii Arnesen, 1920 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) virgata Thomson, 1873 (subgenus assignment)
  74. Species Chondrocladia multichela Lévi, 1964 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) multichela Lévi, 1964 (subgenus assignment)
  75. Species Chondrocladia nani Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) nani Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982 (subgenus assignment)
  76. Species Chondrocladia nicolae Cristobo, Urgorri & Rios, 2005 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) nicolae Cristobo, Urgorri & Rios, 2005 (subgenus assignment)
  77. Species Chondrocladia nucleus (Hansen, 1885) represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) grandis (Verrill, 1879) (subgenus assignment)
  78. Species Chondrocladia pulvinata Lévi, 1993 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) pulvinata Lévi, 1993 (subgenus assignment)
  79. Species Chondrocladia sagari Rengaiyan & Ingole, 2022 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) sagari Rengaiyan & Ingole, 2022
  80. Species Chondrocladia scolionema Lévi, 1993 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) scolionema Lévi, 1993 (subgenus assignment)
  81. Species Chondrocladia stipitata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 represented as Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) stipitata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (subgenus assignment)
  82. Species Chondrocladia vaceleti Cristobo, Urgorri & Rios, 2005 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) vaceleti Cristobo, Urgorri & Rios, 2005 (subgenus assignment)
  83. Species Chondrocladia verticillata Topsent, 1920 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) verticillata Topsent, 1920 (subgenus assignment)
  84. Species Chondrocladia virgata Thomson, 1873 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) virgata Thomson, 1873 (subgenus assignment)
  85. Species Chondrocladia yatsui Topsent, 1930 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) yatsui Topsent, 1930 (subgenus assignment)
  86. Species Chondrocladia challengeri Topsent, 1920 (uncertain)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Thomson, C.W. (1873). The Depth of the Sea. An Account of the General Results of the Dredging Cruises of the H.M.SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning During the Summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870, Under the Scientific Direction of Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S. and Dr. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Macmillan and Co.: London, xxi + 527 pp., pls. I-VIII. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16330317 [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Chondrocladia Thomson, 1873. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131894 on 2025-06-13
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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original description Thomson, C.W. (1873). The Depth of the Sea. An Account of the General Results of the Dredging Cruises of the H.M.SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning During the Summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870, Under the Scientific Direction of Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S. and Dr. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Macmillan and Co.: London, xxi + 527 pp., pls. I-VIII. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16330317 [details] 

original description (of Crinorhiza Schmidt, 1880) Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. <i>In</i>: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena). [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Crinorhiza Schmidt, 1880) Hajdu, E.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Family Cladorhizidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 636-641. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) (2002). <em>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges (2 volumes).</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Full text PDF

original description (of Crinorhiza Schmidt, 1880) Hajdu, E.; Vacelet, J. (2002 [2004]). Family Cladorhizidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 636-641. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges (2 volumes).</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Meliiderma Ridley & Dendy, 1887) Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 102 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Hajdu, E.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Family Cladorhizidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 636-641. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) (2002). <em>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges (2 volumes).</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Full text PDF

basis of record Lundbeck, W. (1905). Porifera. (Part II.) Desmacidonidae. <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 6(2):1-219.
page(s): 102 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Hajdu, E.; Vacelet, J. (2002 [2004]). Family Cladorhizidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 636-641. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges (2 volumes).</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Meliiderma Ridley & Dendy, 1887) Hajdu, E.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Family Cladorhizidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 636-641. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) (2002). <em>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges (2 volumes).</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Full text PDF

basis of record (of Meliiderma Ridley & Dendy, 1887) Hajdu, E.; Vacelet, J. (2002 [2004]). Family Cladorhizidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 636-641. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges (2 volumes).</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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