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Reniochalina rigida
(Carter, 1883)
AphiaID
165623
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165623)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Heteroscleromorpha
(Subclass)
Axinellida
(Order)
Axinellidae
(Family)
Reniochalina
(Genus)
Reniochalina rigida
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Reniochalina
Lendenfeld, 1888
Original name
Ptilocaulis rigidus
Carter, 1883
Synonymised names
Ptilocaulis rigidus
Carter, 1883
·
unaccepted
(genus transfer)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Ptilocaulis rigidus
Carter, 1883
)
Carter, H.J. (1883). Contributions to our Knowledge of the Spongida. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 12 (71): 308-329, pls XI-XIV.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938309459636
page(s): 322-323
[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.
Reniochalina rigida
(Carter, 1883). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=165623 on 2026-07-19
Taxonomic edit history
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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2007-08-15 17:28:33Z
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Documented distribution (1)
Attributes (7)
Links (1)
original description
(of
Ptilocaulis rigidus
Carter, 1883
)
Carter, H.J. (1883). Contributions to our Knowledge of the Spongida. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 12 (71): 308-329, pls XI-XIV.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938309459636
page(s): 322-323
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
(from synonym
Ptilocaulis rigidus
Carter, 1883
)
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