World Porifera Database - Species

Porifera name details

Sapline Gray, 1867

AphiaID

184884 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184884)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Cliona Grant, 1826

Rank

Genus

Parent

Clionaidae d'Orbigny, 1851

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Species Sapline mussae Keller, 1891 accepted as Pione mussae (Keller, 1891) (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [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. Sapline Gray, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=184884 on 2026-06-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-12 17:12:35Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-08-12 12:53:02Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2006-11-18 20:13:05Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (3)

original description Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]

basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_19 [details]

basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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