World Porifera Database - Species - Chrotella cavernosa sensu Tsurnamal, 1969

Porifera name details

Chrotella cavernosa sensu Tsurnamal, 1969

AphiaID

596873 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:596873)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Levantiniella levantinensis (Vacelet, Bitar, Carteron, Zibrowius & Pérez, 2007)

Rank

Species

Parent

Chrotella Sollas, 1886 accepted as Tetilla Schmidt, 1868

Original name

Chrotella cavernosa sensu Tsurnamal, 1969

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Tsurnamal, M. (1969). Sponges of Red Sea origin on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 18: 149-155. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 150-153 [details] Available for editors

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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. Chrotella cavernosa sensu Tsurnamal, 1969. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=596873 on 2026-09-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-04-04 13:29:17Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2016-11-25 07:37:34Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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Documented distribution (3)

original description Tsurnamal, M. (1969). Sponges of Red Sea origin on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 18: 149-155. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 150-153 [details] Available for editors

[request]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality