World Porifera Database - Species - Aulena laxa (Lendenfeld, 1886)

Porifera name details

Aulena laxa (Lendenfeld, 1886)

AphiaID

1044555 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1044555)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Holopsamma laminaefavosa Carter, 1885

Rank

Species

Parent

Aulena Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Dysidea Johnston, 1842

Original name

Halme laxa Lendenfeld, 1886

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Variety Aulena laxa var. digitata (Lendenfeld, 1886) accepted as Holopsamma laminaefavosa Carter, 1885
Variety Aulena laxa var. minima (Lendenfeld, 1886) accepted as Holopsamma laminaefavosa Carter, 1885

Environment

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

Original description

(of Halme laxa Lendenfeld, 1886) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1886). Second addendum to the monograph of the Australian sponges. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 10: 845-850., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.17968
page(s): 845-847 [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 laxa (Lendenfeld, 1886). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/www.aqua-aquapress.com/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1044555 on 2026-07-13

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2017-11-18 09:12:13Z

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Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)

original description (of Halme laxa Lendenfeld, 1886) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1886). Second addendum to the monograph of the Australian sponges. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 10: 845-850., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.17968
page(s): 845-847 [details]

basis of record 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]

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Introduced: alien

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