World Porifera Database - Species - Aulena villosa Lendenfeld, 1886

Porifera name details

Aulena villosa Lendenfeld, 1886

AphiaID

345256 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345256)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Dysidea villosa (Lendenfeld, 1886)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Aulena Lendenfeld, 1886

Parent

Aulena Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Dysidea Johnston, 1842

Original name

Aulena villosa Lendenfeld, 1886

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Subspecies Aulena villosa auloplegma Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Dysidea villosa (Lendenfeld, 1886)
Subspecies Aulena villosa nardorus Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Dysidea villosa (Lendenfeld, 1886)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Lendenfeld, R. von. (1886 [1885]). A Monograph of the Australian Sponges. Part V. The Auleninae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 10 (3): 282-325, pls 26-35.
page(s): 309-317 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Bassian

type locality contained in Bassian [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. Aulena villosa Lendenfeld, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=345256 on 2026-07-18

Taxonomic edit history

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2008-05-12 16:53:41Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (3)
Documented distribution (1)

original description Lendenfeld, R. von. (1886 [1885]). A Monograph of the Australian Sponges. Part V. The Auleninae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 10 (3): 282-325, pls 26-35.
page(s): 309-317 [details]

basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. In: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details]

additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation. 3: 1-217.
page(s): 35-36 [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality