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Clathria affinis (Carter, 1880)

404785  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404785)

alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Microciona affinis Carter, 1880) Carter, H.J. (1880). Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar and presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt.W.H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 6(31):35-61, pls IV-VI; 129-156, pls VII, VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938009458893
page(s): 41; pl IV fig 15 [details] OpenAccess publication
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. Clathria affinis (Carter, 1880). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=404785 on 2026-04-29
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original description (of Microciona affinis Carter, 1880) Carter, H.J. (1880). Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar and presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt.W.H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 6(31):35-61, pls IV-VI; 129-156, pls VII, VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938009458893
page(s): 41; pl IV fig 15 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Rützler, K.; Díaz, M.C.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Zea, S.; Smith, K.P.; Alvarez, B.; Wulff, J. (2000). Diversity of sponge fauna in mangrove ponds, Pelican Cays, Belize. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 476: 230-248., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.467.229
page(s): 235; note: Misapplication [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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