World Porifera Database - Species

Porifera name details

Oplitaspongia

AphiaID

184818 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184818)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (misspelling for Ophlitaspongia)

Accepted name

Clathria (Axosuberites) Topsent, 1893

Rank

Genus

Parent

Microcioninae Carter, 1875

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Species Oplitaspongia flabellata accepted as Clathria (Axosuberites) flabellata (Topsent, 1916) (genus transfer and misspelling of genus name)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

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. Oplitaspongia. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=184818 on 2026-07-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-12 17:12:35Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-02-08 18:57:09Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (1)

redescription Topsent, E. (1916). Diagnoses d'éponges recueillies dans l'Antarctique par le Pourquoi-Pas?. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> (1) 22(3): 163-172. [details]