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Ircinia pellita
(Rao, 1941)
AphiaID
165039
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165039)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Keratosa
(Subclass)
Dictyoceratida
(Order)
Irciniidae
(Family)
Ircinia
(Genus)
Ircinia pellita
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Ircinia
Nardo, 1833
Original name
Hircinia pellita
Rao, 1941
Synonymised names
Hircinia pellita
Rao, 1941
·
unaccepted
(genus name correction)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Hircinia pellita
Rao, 1941
)
Rao, H.S. 1941. Indian and Ceylon sponges of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm collected by K. Fristedt. Records of the Indian Museum 43: 417-469.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v43/i2/1941/162394
page(s): 461-463, pl. XIII (fig. 9)
[details]
Type data
Holotype
(of
Hircinia pellita Rao, 1941
) SMNH 652,...
Holotype
(of
Hircinia pellita Rao, 1941
) SMNH 652, geounit Trincomali
[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.
Ircinia pellita
(Rao, 1941). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=165039 on 2026-05-30
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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db_admin
2010-05-09 15:03:59Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
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Documented distribution (4)
Specimens (1)
Attributes (5)
original description
(of
Hircinia pellita
Rao, 1941
)
Rao, H.S. 1941. Indian and Ceylon sponges of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm collected by K. Fristedt. Records of the Indian Museum 43: 417-469.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v43/i2/1941/162394
page(s): 461-463, pl. XIII (fig. 9)
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Holotype
(of
Hircinia pellita Rao, 1941
) SMNH 652, geounit Trincomali
[details]
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