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Latrunculia austini
Samaai, Gibbons & Kelly, 2006
AphiaID
389820
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:389820)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Heteroscleromorpha
(Subclass)
Poecilosclerida
(Order)
Latrunculiidae
(Family)
Latrunculia
(Genus)
Latrunculia austini
(Species)
Status
alternative representation
(subgenus assignment)
Accepted name
Latrunculia (Latrunculia) austini
Samaai, Gibbons & Kelly, 2006
Rank
Species
Parent
Latrunculia
du Bocage, 1869
represented as
Latrunculia (Latrunculia)
du Bocage, 1869
Original name
Latrunculia (Biannulata) austini
Samaai, Gibbons & Kelly, 2006
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Latrunculia (Biannulata) austini
Samaai, Gibbons & Kelly, 2006
)
Samaai, T.; Gibbons, M.J.; Kelly, M. (2006). Revision of the genus <i>Latrunculia</i> du Bocage, 1869 (Porifera: Demospongiae: Latrunculiidae) with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Northeastern Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1127: 1-71.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1127.1.1
page(s): 46-48
[details]
Available for editors
[request]
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.
Latrunculia austini
Samaai, Gibbons & Kelly, 2006. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/www.aqua-aquapress.com/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=389820 on 2026-07-14
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2009-04-03 07:35:23Z
created
db_admin
2010-05-30 09:12:59Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2016-06-21 08:48:12Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
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[clear cache]
Sources (1)
Vernaculars (2)
original description
(of
Latrunculia (Biannulata) austini
Samaai, Gibbons & Kelly, 2006
)
Samaai, T.; Gibbons, M.J.; Kelly, M. (2006). Revision of the genus <i>Latrunculia</i> du Bocage, 1869 (Porifera: Demospongiae: Latrunculiidae) with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Northeastern Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1127: 1-71.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1127.1.1
page(s): 46-48
[details]
Available for editors
[request]
Language
Name
English
Austin's horny sponge
[details]
French
éponge d'Austin
[details]
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