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Porifera taxon details

Microscleroderma hirsutum Kirkpatrick, 1903

171189 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171189)

accepted
Species
Amphibleptula hirsuta (Kirkpatrick, 1903) · unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kirkpatrick, R. (1903). Descriptions of South African Sponges. Part II. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 2 (14): 171-180, pl. IV., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.366557
page(s): 173-175 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Natal  
type locality contained in Natal [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. Microscleroderma hirsutum Kirkpatrick, 1903. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/www.aqua-aquapress.com/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=171189 on 2026-07-09
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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2006-10-29 18:47:08Z
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original description Kirkpatrick, R. (1903). Descriptions of South African Sponges. Part II. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 2 (14): 171-180, pl. IV., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.366557
page(s): 173-175 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Pérez, T.; Vacelet, J.; Bitar, G.; Zibrowius, H. (2004). Two new lithistids (Porifera: Demospongiae) from a shallow eastern Mediterranean cave (Lebanon). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 84 (1): 15-24. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315404008859h [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J. (2008). Tetractinellid and hadromerid sponges from the Sultanate of Oman. <em>Zoölogische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 82 (53): 749-790.
page(s): 784-785; note: Misapplication [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Burton, M. (1929). Description of South African sponges collected in the South African Marine Survey. Part II. The 'Lithistidae', with critical survey of the desma-forming sponges. <em>Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey Division, Union of South Africa Report 7. Special Report.</em> 1: 1-12. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. <em>In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London.</em> Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 217; note: Misapplication [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record (of Amphibleptula hirsuta (Kirkpatrick, 1903)) Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002). Family Scleritodermidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 302-311. <i>In</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)'. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_34 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Amphibleptula hirsuta (Kirkpatrick, 1903)) Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Scleritodermidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 302-311. <em>In: Hooper, J. N.A.; Van Soest, R. W.M (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. Vol I. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers), NY.</em> 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy (of Amphibleptula hirsuta (Kirkpatrick, 1903)) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stentoft, N. (1988). Barbados Deep-Water Sponges. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 122. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao andother Caribbean Islands.</em> 70(215): 1-175. [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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Editor's comment Van Soest & Beglinger (2008) provided a photo of a specimen collected by the Murray Expedition to the Northwestern Indian Ocean, but this specimen is not of Kirkpatrick's species. There are four Murray Expedition specimens labeled with this species name, but the Van Soest & Beglinger specimen photo does not match with Burton's description ('a mass of caliculate individuals'). The specimen must be identified anew. [details]

Unreviewed
Holotype BMNH 1902.5.26.1 [details]
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