WoRMS taxon details
Clathria (Thalysias) cactiformis (Lamarck, 1814)
167715 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167715)
accepted
Species
Clathria (Thalysias) anchoratum (Carter, 1881) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Clathria (Thalysias) typica (Lendenfeld, 1888) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Clathria acanthodes Hentschel, 1911 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Clathria favosa Whitelegge, 1907 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Clathria indurata Hallmann, 1912 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Clathria typica (Carter, 1881) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Echinonema anchorata Carter, 1881 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Echinonema anchoratum Carter, 1881 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Echinonema flabelliformis Carter, 1885 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Echinonema pectiniformis Carter, 1885 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Echinonema typicum Carter, 1881 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Phakellia ventilabrum var. australiensis Carter, 1886 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Rhaphidophlus anchoratum (Carter, 1881) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Rhaphidophlus typicus (Lendenfeld, 1888) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Rhaphidophlus typicus geminus Hallmann, 1912 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Rhaphidophlus typicus obesus Hallmann, 1912 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Rhaphidophlus typicus proximus Hallmann, 1912 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Rhaphidophlus typicus stellifer Hallmann, 1912 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Rhaphidophlus typicus var. anchoratus (Carter, 1881) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Rhaphidophlus typicus var. brevispinus (Lendenfeld, 1888) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Rhaphidophlus typicus var. cactiformis (Lamarck, 1814) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Rhaphidophlus typicus var. favosus (Whitelegge, 1907) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Rhaphidophlus typicus var. geminus Hallmann, 1912 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Rhaphidophlus typicus var. obesus Hallmann, 1912 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Rhaphidophlus typicus var. proximus Hallmann, 1912 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Rhaphidophlus typicus var. stellifer Hallmann, 1912 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia appendiculata Lamarck, 1814 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Spongia cactiformis Lamarck, 1814 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Thalassodendron brevispina Lendenfeld, 1888 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Thalassodendron typica Lendenfeld, 1888 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Wilsonella appendiculata (Lamarck, 1814) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spongia cactiformis Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 440 [details]
page(s): 440 [details]
Type locality contained in Leeuwin
type locality contained in Leeuwin [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
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. Clathria (Thalysias) cactiformis (Lamarck, 1814). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167715 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clathria (Thalysias) typica (Lendenfeld, 1888)) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12.
page(s): 223 [details]
original description (of Clathria acanthodes Hentschel, 1911) Hentschel, E. (1911). Tetraxonida. 2. Teil. <i>In</i>: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <i>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. (Fischer: Jena)</i>. 3 (10): 279-393.
page(s): 367-370 [details]
original description (of Echinonema flabelliformis Carter, 1885) Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368.
page(s): 352 [details]
original description (of Echinonema pectiniformis Carter, 1885) Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368. [details]
original description (of Echinonema typicum Carter, 1881) Carter, H.J. (1881). Supplementary Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar, together with others from the Sea in the Vicinity of the Basse Rocks and from Bass's Straits respectively, presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt. H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 7: 361-385, pl. XVIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938109459534
page(s): 377-378 [details]
original description (of Clathria favosa Whitelegge, 1907) Whitelegge, T. (1907). Sponges. Part I. - Addenda. Part II. Monaxonida continued. <i>In</i>: Scientific Results of the Trawling Expedition of H.M.C.S. ‘Thetis' off the Coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. <em>Memoirs of the Australian Museum.</em> 4(10): 487-515.
page(s): 498-499 [details]
original description (of Clathria indurata Hallmann, 1912) Hallmann, E.F. (1912). Report on the Sponges obtained by the F.I.S.'Endeavour' on the Coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, 1909-10. Part 1. <em>Zoological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried out by F.I.S. 'Endeavour',.</em> 1909-14 (2): 117-300, pls XXI-XXXVI.
page(s): 299, infrapaginal note [details]
original description (of Spongia appendiculata Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 383 [details]
original description (of Spongia cactiformis Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 440 [details]
original description (of Thalassodendron brevispina Lendenfeld, 1888) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12. [details]
original description (of Thalassodendron typica Lendenfeld, 1888) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12.
page(s): 223 [details]
original description (of Echinonema anchoratum Carter, 1881) Carter, H.J. (1881). Supplementary Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar, together with others from the Sea in the Vicinity of the Basse Rocks and from Bass's Straits respectively, presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt. H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 7: 361-385, pl. XVIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938109459534
page(s): 379-380 [details]
original description (of Rhaphidophlus typicus var. obesus Hallmann, 1912) Hallmann, E.F. (1912). Report on the Sponges obtained by the F.I.S.'Endeavour' on the Coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, 1909-10. Part 1. <em>Zoological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried out by F.I.S. 'Endeavour',.</em> 1909-14 (2): 117-300, pls XXI-XXXVI.
page(s): 196-199 [details]
original description (of Rhaphidophlus typicus var. proximus Hallmann, 1912) Hallmann, E.F. (1912). Report on the Sponges obtained by the F.I.S.'Endeavour' on the Coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, 1909-10. Part 1. <em>Zoological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried out by F.I.S. 'Endeavour',.</em> 1909-14 (2): 117-300, pls XXI-XXXVI.
page(s): 190-191 [details]
original description (of Rhaphidophlus typicus var. stellifer Hallmann, 1912) Hallmann, E.F. (1912). Report on the Sponges obtained by the F.I.S.'Endeavour' on the Coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, 1909-10. Part 1. <em>Zoological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried out by F.I.S. 'Endeavour',.</em> 1909-14 (2): 117-300, pls XXI-XXXVI.
page(s): 199-201 [details]
original description (of Phakellia ventilabrum var. australiensis Carter, 1886) Carter, H.J. (1886). Supplement to the Descriptions of Mr.J. Bracebridge Wilson's Australian Sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 271-290, 369-379, 445-466, pl. X.
page(s): 379 [details]
original description (of Rhaphidophlus typicus var. geminus Hallmann, 1912) Hallmann, E.F. (1912). Report on the Sponges obtained by the F.I.S.'Endeavour' on the Coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, 1909-10. Part 1. <em>Zoological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried out by F.I.S. 'Endeavour',.</em> 1909-14 (2): 117-300, pls XXI-XXXVI.
page(s): 191-193 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (1996). Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 40: 1-626., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40092950 [details]
page(s): 223 [details]
original description (of Clathria acanthodes Hentschel, 1911) Hentschel, E. (1911). Tetraxonida. 2. Teil. <i>In</i>: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <i>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. (Fischer: Jena)</i>. 3 (10): 279-393.
page(s): 367-370 [details]
original description (of Echinonema flabelliformis Carter, 1885) Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368.
page(s): 352 [details]
original description (of Echinonema pectiniformis Carter, 1885) Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368. [details]
original description (of Echinonema typicum Carter, 1881) Carter, H.J. (1881). Supplementary Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar, together with others from the Sea in the Vicinity of the Basse Rocks and from Bass's Straits respectively, presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt. H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 7: 361-385, pl. XVIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938109459534
page(s): 377-378 [details]
original description (of Clathria favosa Whitelegge, 1907) Whitelegge, T. (1907). Sponges. Part I. - Addenda. Part II. Monaxonida continued. <i>In</i>: Scientific Results of the Trawling Expedition of H.M.C.S. ‘Thetis' off the Coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. <em>Memoirs of the Australian Museum.</em> 4(10): 487-515.
page(s): 498-499 [details]
original description (of Clathria indurata Hallmann, 1912) Hallmann, E.F. (1912). Report on the Sponges obtained by the F.I.S.'Endeavour' on the Coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, 1909-10. Part 1. <em>Zoological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried out by F.I.S. 'Endeavour',.</em> 1909-14 (2): 117-300, pls XXI-XXXVI.
page(s): 299, infrapaginal note [details]
original description (of Spongia appendiculata Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 383 [details]
original description (of Spongia cactiformis Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 440 [details]
original description (of Thalassodendron brevispina Lendenfeld, 1888) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12. [details]
original description (of Thalassodendron typica Lendenfeld, 1888) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12.
page(s): 223 [details]
original description (of Echinonema anchoratum Carter, 1881) Carter, H.J. (1881). Supplementary Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar, together with others from the Sea in the Vicinity of the Basse Rocks and from Bass's Straits respectively, presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt. H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 7: 361-385, pl. XVIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938109459534
page(s): 379-380 [details]
original description (of Rhaphidophlus typicus var. obesus Hallmann, 1912) Hallmann, E.F. (1912). Report on the Sponges obtained by the F.I.S.'Endeavour' on the Coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, 1909-10. Part 1. <em>Zoological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried out by F.I.S. 'Endeavour',.</em> 1909-14 (2): 117-300, pls XXI-XXXVI.
page(s): 196-199 [details]
original description (of Rhaphidophlus typicus var. proximus Hallmann, 1912) Hallmann, E.F. (1912). Report on the Sponges obtained by the F.I.S.'Endeavour' on the Coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, 1909-10. Part 1. <em>Zoological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried out by F.I.S. 'Endeavour',.</em> 1909-14 (2): 117-300, pls XXI-XXXVI.
page(s): 190-191 [details]
original description (of Rhaphidophlus typicus var. stellifer Hallmann, 1912) Hallmann, E.F. (1912). Report on the Sponges obtained by the F.I.S.'Endeavour' on the Coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, 1909-10. Part 1. <em>Zoological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried out by F.I.S. 'Endeavour',.</em> 1909-14 (2): 117-300, pls XXI-XXXVI.
page(s): 199-201 [details]
original description (of Phakellia ventilabrum var. australiensis Carter, 1886) Carter, H.J. (1886). Supplement to the Descriptions of Mr.J. Bracebridge Wilson's Australian Sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 271-290, 369-379, 445-466, pl. X.
page(s): 379 [details]
original description (of Rhaphidophlus typicus var. geminus Hallmann, 1912) Hallmann, E.F. (1912). Report on the Sponges obtained by the F.I.S.'Endeavour' on the Coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, 1909-10. Part 1. <em>Zoological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried out by F.I.S. 'Endeavour',.</em> 1909-14 (2): 117-300, pls XXI-XXXVI.
page(s): 191-193 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (1996). Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 40: 1-626., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40092950 [details]
Other
additional source
Sorokin, S.J.; Laperousaz, T.C.D.; Collings, G.J. (2008). Investigator Group Expeditions 2006: Sponges (Porifera). <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 132 (2): 163–17.
page(s): 167 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Sorokin, S.J.; Fromont, J.; Currie, D. (2007). Demosponge biodiversity in the Benthic Protection Zone of the Great Australian Bight. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 132 (2): 192-204.
page(s): 195 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 167 [details] Available for editors

additional source Sorokin, S.J.; Fromont, J.; Currie, D. (2007). Demosponge biodiversity in the Benthic Protection Zone of the Great Australian Bight. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 132 (2): 192-204.
page(s): 195 [details] Available for editors






Unknown type (of Spongia appendiculata Lamarck, 1814) MNHN DT 526 [details]
Unknown type (of Spongia cactiformis Lamarck, 1814) MNHN DT 0580, geounit Leeuwin [details]
Unknown type (of Spongia cactiformis Lamarck, 1814) MNHN DT 3360 [details]
Australian Faunal Directory
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Echinonema flabelliformis Carter, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Echinonema pectiniformis Carter, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Rhaphidophlus typicus (Lendenfeld, 1888))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Spongia appendiculata Lamarck, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Spongia cactiformis Lamarck, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Clathria typica (Carter, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Echinonema anchorata Carter, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Clathria indurata Hallmann, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Clathria favosa Whitelegge, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Clathria acanthodes Hentschel, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Thalassodendron typica Lendenfeld, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Echinonema typicum Carter, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Echinonema anchoratum Carter, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Echinonema flabelliformis Carter, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Echinonema pectiniformis Carter, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Rhaphidophlus typicus (Lendenfeld, 1888))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Spongia appendiculata Lamarck, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Spongia cactiformis Lamarck, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Clathria typica (Carter, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Echinonema anchorata Carter, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Clathria indurata Hallmann, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Clathria favosa Whitelegge, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Clathria acanthodes Hentschel, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Thalassodendron typica Lendenfeld, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Echinonema typicum Carter, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Echinonema anchoratum Carter, 1881)