World Porifera Database - Species - Hircinia pellita Rao, 1941

Porifera name details

Hircinia pellita Rao, 1941

AphiaID

475203 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475203)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus name correction)

Accepted name

Ircinia pellita (Rao, 1941)

Rank

Species

Parent

Hircinia Nardo, 1834 accepted as Ircinia Nardo, 1833

Original name

Hircinia pellita Rao, 1941

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Rao, H.S. 1941. Indian and Ceylon sponges of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm collected by K. Fristedt. Records of the Indian Museum 43: 417-469., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v43/i2/1941/162394
page(s): 461-463, pl. XIII (fig. 9) [details]

Type data

Holotype SMNH 652, geounit Trincomali

Holotype SMNH 652, geounit Trincomali [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. Hircinia pellita Rao, 1941. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=475203 on 2026-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-05-09 15:03:59Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Rao, H.S. 1941. Indian and Ceylon sponges of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm collected by K. Fristedt. Records of the Indian Museum 43: 417-469., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v43/i2/1941/162394
page(s): 461-463, pl. XIII (fig. 9) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype SMNH 652, geounit Trincomali [details]