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Porifera taxon details

Clathria (Microciona) armata (Bowerbank, 1862)

167614  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167614)

accepted
Species
Amphilectus armatus (Bowerbank, 1862) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Amphilectus svarchevskyi Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Clathria armata (Bowerbank, 1862) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Esperia armata (Bowerbank, 1862) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Scopalina toxotes Schmidt, 1868 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part II. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 152(2): 747-829, pls XXVII-XXXV.
page(s): 779 [details] OpenAccess publication
Holotype  (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) BMNH...  
Holotype (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) BMNH 1930.7.3.210, geounit Celtic Seas [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 (Microciona) armata (Bowerbank, 1862). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167614 on 2025-05-29
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original description (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part II. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 152(2): 747-829, pls XXVII-XXXV.
page(s): 779 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Scopalina toxotes Schmidt, 1868) Schmidt, O. (1868). Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V.
page(s): 26; pl V fig 5 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Amphilectus svarchevskyi Laubenfels, 1936) 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. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Picton, B.E.; Morrow, C. (2000). Sponges of the North East Atlantic. In: World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series, Windows/Mac version 1.0. (ETI, University of Amsterdam:Amsterdam), available online at http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=sponges&id=104&menuentry=soorten., available online at http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=sponges&id=104&menuentry=soorten [details] 

additional source Bertolino, M.; Cerrano, C.; Bavestrello, G.; Carella, M.; Pansini, M.; Calcinai, B. (2013). Diversity of Porifera in the Mediterranean coralligenous accretions, with description of a new species. ZooKeys. 336: 1-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.336.5139
page(s): 12-13 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; de Voogd, N.J. (2013). Microcionid sponges from Northwest Africa and the Macaronesian Islands (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida). Zoölogische Mededelingen Leiden. 87 (4): 275-404., available online at http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?c=zoomed;idno=8702a03
page(s): 292 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. Marine Biodiversity. 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
page(s): 2156 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 33 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Amphilectus svarchevskyi Laubenfels, 1936) Hooper, J.N.A. (1996). Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 40: 1-626., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40092950 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Scopalina toxotes Schmidt, 1868) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; de Voogd, N.J. (2013). Microcionid sponges from Northwest Africa and the Macaronesian Islands (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida). Zoölogische Mededelingen Leiden. 87 (4): 275-404., available online at http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?c=zoomed;idno=8702a03 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Amphilectus armatus (Bowerbank, 1862)) Babiç, K. (1922). Monactinellida und Tetractinellida des Adriatischen Meeres. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 46(2): 217-302, pls 8-9.
page(s): 261-262; fig D1; note: Misapplication [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Clathria armata (Bowerbank, 1862)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Clathria armata (Bowerbank, 1862)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1993). Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. 159: 205-219. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society. 1-175.
page(s): 88-89 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg). Pp. 1-95, 15 pls.
page(s): 62 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) Borojevic, R.; Cabioch, L.; Lévi, C. (1968). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. Éditions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff. pp. 1-44., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/images/stories/sbr/observation/documents/spongiaires.pdf
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 129 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 60, Pl. XXIII 17-24; note: illustration of the type specimen [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) Lévi, C. (1956). Spongiaires de la région de Dakar. Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire (A, Sciences naturelles). 18 (2): 391-405.
page(s): 399-400; fig 6 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) Lévi, C. (1960). Les démosponges des côtes de France: 1. Les Clathriidae [The Demospongiae of the French coasts: 1. The Clathriidae. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 1 (1): 47-87. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 73-75 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1983). A collection of Mediterranean Demospongiae (Porifera) with, in appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. 84: 445-621.
page(s): 573-574; fig 69 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) Stephens, J. (1912). A Biological Survey of Clare Island in the County of Mayo, Ireland and the Adjoining District. Marine Porifera. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 31 (Section 3, Part 59): 1-42.
page(s): 27 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) Stephens, J. (1921 [1920]). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. II. The Tetraxonida (concluded). Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch. Department of Agriculture for Ireland. 1920 (2): 1-75, pls I-VI.
page(s): 55 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) Topsent, E. (1892). Diagnoses d'éponges nouvelles de la Méditerranée et plus particulièrement de Banyuls. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale. (2) 10 (Notes et Revue 6) xvii-xxviii.
page(s): XVII [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) Wintermann-Kilian, G.; Kilian, E.F. (1984). Marine Sponges of the Region of Santa Marta (Colombia). Part II. Homosclerophorida, Choristida, Spirophorida, Hadromerida, Axinellida, Halichondrida, Poecilosclerida. Studies on the Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 19(3): 121-135.
page(s): 134; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) Solórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela. 1036 pp.
page(s): 880-882; Lám. 111 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

new combination reference (of Amphilectus armatus (Bowerbank, 1862)) Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1880). The Sponges of the Leyden Museum. 1. The family of the Desmacidinae. Notes from the Leyden Museum. 2: 99-164. [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference (of Esperia armata (Bowerbank, 1862)) Fristedt, K. (1885). Bidrag till Kännedomen om de vid Sveriges vestra Kust lefvande Spongiae. Kungliga Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar. 21: 1-56, pls I-IV. [details] OpenAccess publication
 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
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  • Type locality
  • type locality contained in Celtic Seas [from synonym] [details]
  • From editor or global species database
  • Adriatic Sea
  • Celtic Seas
  • Ionian Sea
  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • North Sea
  • Saharan Upwelling
  • Sahelian Upwelling
  • South European Atlantic Shelf
  • Western Mediterranean
  • White Sea
  • From regional or thematic species database
  • Cape Verde
Holotype (of Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862) BMNH 1930.7.3.210, geounit Celtic Seas [details]
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