World Porifera Database - Species - Clathria (Microciona) pennata (Lambe, 1895)

Porifera taxon details

Clathria (Microciona) pennata (Lambe, 1895)

AphiaID

167672 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167672)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Clathria (Microciona) Bowerbank, 1862

Original name

Desmacella pennata Lambe, 1895

Synonymised names

Clathria (Microciona) pennata var. californiana (de Laubenfels, 1932) · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Clathria pennata (Lambe, 1895) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)

Desmacella pennata Lambe, 1895 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Microciona pennata (Lambe, 1895) · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Ophlitaspongia pennata (Lambe, 1895) · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Ophlitaspongia pennata var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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Variety Clathria (Microciona) pennata var. californiana (de Laubenfels, 1932) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) pennata (Lambe, 1895) (junior synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Desmacella pennata Lambe, 1895) Lambe, L.M. (1894 [1895]). Sponges from the Western Coast of North America. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. 12 (4): 113-138,pls II-IV.
page(s): 129-130 [details]

Type data

Holotype (of Desmacella pennata Lambe, 1895) USNM...

Holotype (of Desmacella pennata Lambe, 1895) USNM 7488, geounit Puget Trough/Georgia Basin [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. Clathria (Microciona) pennata (Lambe, 1895). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167672 on 2026-08-16

Taxonomic edit history

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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

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2007-06-17 17:22:29Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2009-12-05 18:55:35Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Clathria (Microciona) pennata var. californiana (de Laubenfels, 1932)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1932). The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 81 (2927):1-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.81-2927.1 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Desmacella pennata Lambe, 1895) Lambe, L.M. (1894 [1895]). Sponges from the Western Coast of North America. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. 12 (4): 113-138,pls II-IV.
page(s): 129-130 [details]

original description (of Ophlitaspongia pennata var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1932). The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 81 (2927):1-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.81-2927.1
page(s): 103-104 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (1996). Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 40: 1-626., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40092950 [details]

additional source (of Ophlitaspongia pennata var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932) Bakus, G.J. (1966). Marine poeciloscleridan sponges of the San Juan Archipelago, Washington. Journal of Zoology. 149: 415-531, pls I-II., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1966.tb02994.x
page(s): 437-440 [details] Available for editors

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additional source (of Ophlitaspongia pennata (Lambe, 1895)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1961). Porifera of Friday Harbour and vicinity. Pacific Science. 15: 192–202.
page(s): 198 [details] Available for editors

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additional source (of Ophlitaspongia pennata (Lambe, 1895)) Bakus, G.J. (1966). Marine poeciloscleridan sponges of the San Juan Archipelago, Washington. Journal of Zoology. 149: 415-531, pls I-II., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1966.tb02994.x
page(s): 435-437 [details] Available for editors

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additional source (of Ophlitaspongia pennata var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932) Sim, C.J.; Bakus, G.J. (1986). Marine Sponges of Santa Catalina Island, California. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation. 5: 1-23.
page(s): 10 [details]

additional source (of Ophlitaspongia pennata var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932) Sim, C.J.; Byeon, H.S. 1989. A systematic study on the marine sponges in Korea. 9. Ceractinomorpha. The Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 5 (1): 33-57.
page(s): 37 [details]

additional source (of Ophlitaspongia pennata var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932) Bakus, G.J.; Green, K.D. (1987). The distribution of marine sponges collected from 1876-1978 Bureau of Land Management Southern California Bight Program. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 86 (2): 57-88.
page(s): 73 [details] Available for editors

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source of synonymy (of Microciona pennata (Lambe, 1895)) Simpson, T.L. 1966. A new species of Clathriid sponge from the San Juan Archipelago. Postilla 103: 1-7. [details]

new combination reference (of Ophlitaspongia pennata (Lambe, 1895)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1927). The red sponges of Monterey Peninsula, California. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9 (19): 258-266., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932708633594
page(s): 265-266 [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype (of Desmacella pennata Lambe, 1895) USNM 7488, geounit Puget Trough/Georgia Basin [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
English	velvety red sponge [from synonym]feathered lattice horny sponge [from synonym]	[details]
French	éponge plumeuse [from synonym]	[details]
German	Roter Schwamm [from synonym]	[details]

To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Clathria pennata (Lambe, 1895))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Ophlitaspongia pennata (Lambe, 1895))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Desmacella pennata Lambe, 1895)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clathria pennata) (from synonym Clathria pennata (Lambe, 1895))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Desmacella pennata Lambe, 1895)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Clathria pennata (Lambe, 1895))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ophlitaspongia pennata (Lambe, 1895))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (9 records) (from synonym Ophlitaspongia pennata (Lambe, 1895))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 21475) (from synonym Ophlitaspongia pennata (Lambe, 1895))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 7488) (from synonym Desmacella pennata Lambe, 1895)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 001599.PR) (from synonym Clathria pennata (Lambe, 1895))

Unreviewed

To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 001599.PR)

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