World Porifera Database - Species - Aulena Lendenfeld, 1886

Porifera name details

Aulena Lendenfeld, 1886

AphiaID

184601 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184601)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Dysidea Johnston, 1842

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Aulena villosa Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Dysidea villosa (Lendenfeld, 1886) (type by original designation)

Parent

Dysideidae Gray, 1867

Original name

Aulena Lendenfeld, 1886

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Species Aulena columbia (de Laubenfels, 1936) accepted as Hyattella cavernosa (Pallas, 1766) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Aulena concertina de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Hyattella concertina (de Laubenfels, 1954) (genus transfer)
Species Aulena crassa (Carter, 1885) accepted as Holopsamma crassa Carter, 1885 (genus transfer)
Species Aulena flabellum Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Dysidea flabellum (Lendenfeld, 1886) (genus transfer)
Species Aulena gigantea (Lendenfeld, 1886) accepted as Holopsamma laminaefavosa Carter, 1885
Species Aulena lamellosa Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Holopsamma laminaefavosa Carter, 1885 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Aulena laxa (Lendenfeld, 1886) accepted as Holopsamma laminaefavosa Carter, 1885
Species Aulena nigra Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Hippospongia nigra (Lendenfeld, 1886) (genus transfer)
Species Aulena villosa Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Dysidea villosa (Lendenfeld, 1886) (genus transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Lendenfeld, R. von. (1886 [1885]). A Monograph of the Australian Sponges. Part V. The Auleninae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 10 (3): 282-325, pls 26-35.
page(s): 308-309 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Aulena Lendenfeld, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=184601 on 2025-11-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-12 17:12:35Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-02-01 19:04:21Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2008-05-12 16:53:41Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2017-11-18 09:12:13Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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Sources (4)

original description Lendenfeld, R. von. (1886 [1885]). A Monograph of the Australian Sponges. Part V. The Auleninae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 10 (3): 282-325, pls 26-35.
page(s): 308-309 [details]

basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. In: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details]

additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation. 3: 1-217.
page(s): 33-35 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12.
page(s): 228 [details]