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Porifera taxon details

Plakina australis (Gray, 1867)

169731  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169731)

accepted
Species
Achinoe australis Gray, 1867 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Corticium australis (Gray, 1867) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Achinoe australis Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 546 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Leeuwin  
type locality contained in Leeuwin [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Homonymy This combination is a senior secondary homonym of Plakina australis Hinde & Holmes, 1892, a fossil sponge from New Zealand....  
Homonymy This combination is a senior secondary homonym of Plakina australis Hinde & Holmes, 1892, a fossil sponge from New Zealand. The latter needs to be renamed. [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. Plakina australis (Gray, 1867). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/www.aqua-aquapress.com/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=169731 on 2026-01-20
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original description (of Achinoe australis Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 546 [details] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy (of Achinoe australis Gray, 1867) Muricy, G.; Diaz, M.C. (2002). Order Homosclerophorida Dendy, 1905. Family Plakinidae Schulze, 1880. pp. 71-82. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002) <em>Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges</em>(2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY,1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 79 [details] Full text PDF

new combination reference (of Corticium australis (Gray, 1867)) Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist
page(s): 342; note: With additional synonyms, probably unjustified. [details] 
 
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Homonymy This combination is a senior secondary homonym of Plakina australis Hinde & Holmes, 1892, a fossil sponge from New Zealand. The latter needs to be renamed. [details]
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