World Porifera Database - Species - Craniella dactyloidea (Carter, 1869)

Porifera name details

Craniella dactyloidea (Carter, 1869)

AphiaID

814564 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:814564)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Tetilla dactyloidea (Carter, 1869)

Rank

Species

Parent

Craniella Schmidt, 1870

Original name

Tethya dactyloidea Carter, 1869

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Tethya dactyloidea Carter, 1869) Carter, H.J. (1869). Description of a Siliceous Sand-Sponge found on the South-east Coast of Arabia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 3 (13): 15-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936908695870
page(s): 15-17 [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. Craniella dactyloidea (Carter, 1869). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=814564 on 2026-07-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-08-08 09:31:30Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)

original description (of Tethya dactyloidea Carter, 1869) Carter, H.J. (1869). Description of a Siliceous Sand-Sponge found on the South-east Coast of Arabia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 3 (13): 15-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936908695870
page(s): 15-17 [details]

new combination reference Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1935). Some Sponges of Lower California (Mexico). American Museum Novitates. 779: 1-14.
page(s): 12 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality