World Porifera Database - Species - Wetmoreus novaezealandiae (Brøndsted, 1924)

Porifera name details

Wetmoreus novaezealandiae (Brøndsted, 1924)

AphiaID

557348 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:557348)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Clathria (Microciona) novaezealandiae (Brøndsted, 1924)

Rank

Species

Parent

Wetmoreus Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) Bowerbank, 1862

Original name

Microciona novaezealandiae Brøndsted, 1924

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Microciona novaezealandiae Brøndsted, 1924) Brøndsted, H.V. (1924). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXIII. Sponges from New Zealand. Part I. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 77: 435-483., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27906434#page/729/mode/1up
page(s): 463-464 [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. Wetmoreus novaezealandiae (Brøndsted, 1924). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=557348 on 2026-06-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-01-03 16:12:06Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (2)

original description (of Microciona novaezealandiae Brøndsted, 1924) Brøndsted, H.V. (1924). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXIII. Sponges from New Zealand. Part I. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 77: 435-483., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27906434#page/729/mode/1up
page(s): 463-464 [details]

new combination reference Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication. 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
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