World Porifera Database - Species - Microciona pennata (Lambe, 1895)

Porifera name details

Microciona pennata (Lambe, 1895)

AphiaID

408724 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:408724)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Clathria (Microciona) pennata (Lambe, 1895)

Rank

Species

Parent

Microciona Bowerbank, 1862 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) Bowerbank, 1862

Original name

Desmacella pennata Lambe, 1895

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Desmacella pennata Lambe, 1895) Lambe, L.M. (1894 [1895]). Sponges from the Western Coast of North America. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada.</em> 12 (4): 113-138,pls II-IV.
page(s): 129-130 [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. Microciona pennata (Lambe, 1895). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=408724 on 2026-09-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-07-09 18:36:04Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2009-12-05 18:55:35Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (2)

original description (of Desmacella pennata Lambe, 1895) Lambe, L.M. (1894 [1895]). Sponges from the Western Coast of North America. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada.</em> 12 (4): 113-138,pls II-IV.
page(s): 129-130 [details]

source of synonymy Simpson, T.L. 1966. A new species of Clathriid sponge from the San Juan Archipelago. Postilla 103: 1-7. [details]