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Porifera taxon details

Clathria (Thalysias) minuta (van Soest, 1984)

167759 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167759)

accepted
Species
Clathria minuta (van Soest, 1984) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Rhaphidophlus minutus van Soest, 1984 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Rhaphidophlus minutus van Soest, 1984) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1984). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. <i>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands</i>. 66 (199): 1-167.
page(s): 115-116 [details] OpenAccess publication
Holotype  (of Rhaphidophlus minutus van Soest, 1984)...  
Holotype (of Rhaphidophlus minutus van Soest, 1984) ZMA Por. 04796, geounit Southern Caribbean [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. Clathria (Thalysias) minuta (van Soest, 1984). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167759 on 2026-07-13
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original description (of Rhaphidophlus minutus van Soest, 1984) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1984). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. <i>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands</i>. 66 (199): 1-167.
page(s): 115-116 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (WoRCS) Muricy, G.; Lage, A.; Sandes, J.; Klautau, M.; Pinheiro, U.; Laport, M.S.; de Oliveira, B.F.R.; Pequeno, C.B.; Lopes, M.V. (2024). Sponge Communities of Submarine Caves and Tunnels on the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Northeast Brazil. <em>Journal of Marine Science and Engineering.</em> 12, 657: 1-19., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/12/4/657 [details] OpenAccess publication

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

additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20800977
page(s): 147-148 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Zea, S.; Rodríguez, A.; Martínez, A.M. (2014). Taxonomy of <i>Clathria</i> (Thalysias) (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida: Microcionidae) from the Colombian Caribbean, with description of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3835 (4): 401–436., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.1
page(s): 417 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Rhaphidophlus minutus van Soest, 1984) Muricy, G.; Hajdu, E.; Custódio, M.R.; Klautau, M.; Russo, C.; Peixinho, S. (1991). Sponge Distribution at Arraial do Cabo, SE Brazil. <i>In</i>: Magoon, O.T., Converse, H., Tippie, V., Tobin, L.T.& Clark, D. (Eds), Coastal Zone '91. <em>Proceedings of the VII Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management.</em> (2), 1183-1196.
page(s): 1187 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Rhaphidophlus minutus van Soest, 1984) Muricy, G.; Silva, O.C. (1999). Esponjas marinhas do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: um recurso renovável inexplorado. <i>In</i>: Ecologia dos Ambientes Costeiros do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. <em>Série Oecologia Brasiliensis.</em> 7: 155-178., available online at https://doi.org/10.4257/oeco.1999.0701.07
page(s): 161 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Clathria minuta (van Soest, 1984)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1993). Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.</em> 159: 205-219.
page(s): 212 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Clathria minuta (van Soest, 1984)) Ritter, J. (2000). The Sponges of Bermuda. <em>Bermuda Biological Station for Research. Unpublished guide, with in Appendix Rützler's checklist of Bermuda sponges.</em> 31 + 5 pp, 3 plates. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Holotype (of Rhaphidophlus minutus van Soest, 1984) ZMA Por. 04796, geounit Southern Caribbean [details]
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