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Antho (Acarnia) ridleyi
(Hentschel, 1912)
AphiaID
167872
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167872)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Heteroscleromorpha
(Subclass)
Poecilosclerida
(Order)
Microcionidae
(Family)
Ophlitaspongiinae
(Subfamily)
Antho
(Genus)
Antho (Acarnia)
(Subgenus)
Antho (Acarnia) ridleyi
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Antho (Acarnia)
Gray, 1867
Original name
Plocamia ridleyi
Hentschel, 1912
Synonymised names
Plocamia ridleyi
Hentschel, 1912
·
unaccepted
(genus transfer)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Plocamia ridleyi
Hentschel, 1912
)
Hentschel, E. (1912). Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 34 (3): 293-448, pls 13-21.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.85325
[details]
Type data
Holotype
(of
Plocamia ridleyi Hentschel, 1912
) SMF...
Holotype
(of
Plocamia ridleyi Hentschel, 1912
) SMF 1709, geounit Arafura Sea
[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.
Antho (Acarnia) ridleyi
(Hentschel, 1912). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167872 on 2026-07-06
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
created
db_admin
2010-03-23 19:27:15Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (3)
Specimens (1)
Attributes (5)
Links (1)
original description
(of
Plocamia ridleyi
Hentschel, 1912
)
Hentschel, E. (1912). Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 34 (3): 293-448, pls 13-21.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.85325
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Holotype
(of
Plocamia ridleyi Hentschel, 1912
) SMF 1709, geounit Arafura Sea
[details]
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Definitions
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
(from synonym
Plocamia ridleyi
Hentschel, 1912
)
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