World Porifera Database - Species - Echinoclathria minor (Burton, 1959)

Porifera taxon details

Echinoclathria minor (Burton, 1959)

AphiaID

167923 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167923)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Echinoclathria Carter, 1885

Original name

Ophlitaspongia minor Burton, 1959

Synonymised names

Ophlitaspongia minor Burton, 1959 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Ophlitaspongia minor Burton, 1959) Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London. Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 246 [details]

Type data

Holotype (of Ophlitaspongia minor Burton, 1959) BMNH...

Holotype (of Ophlitaspongia minor Burton, 1959) BMNH 1936.3.4.609, geounit Western India [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. Echinoclathria minor (Burton, 1959). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/www.aqua-aquapress.com/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167923 on 2026-07-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

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db_admin

2010-05-23 14:38:17Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Ophlitaspongia minor Burton, 1959) Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London. Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 246 [details]

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 Anonymous. (2017). National List of Species of Korea - Invertebrates I. Porifera, Cnidaria, Bryozoa, Sipuncula, Gastrotricha, Echinodermata. i-xiv, 1-215.
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors

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additional source (of Ophlitaspongia minor Burton, 1959) Sim, C.J.; Kim, M.H. 1988. A systematic study on the marine sponges in Korea. 7. Demospongiae and Hexactinellida. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 4(1): 21-42.
page(s): 24 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype (of Ophlitaspongia minor Burton, 1959) BMNH 1936.3.4.609, geounit Western India [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophlitaspongia minor Burton, 1959)