WoRMS taxon details
Clathria (Clathria) meyeri (Bowerbank, 1877)
167545 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167545)
accepted
Species
Clathria meyeri (Bowerbank, 1877) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Ophlitaspongia meyeri Bowerbank, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ophlitaspongia meyeri Bowerbank, 1877) Bowerbank, J.S. (1877). Descriptions of five new species of sponges discovered by A.B. Meyer on the Philippine Islands and New Guinea. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 456-464. [details] 
Note Dresden Museum, but according to Hooper, 1996:...
Type material Dresden Museum, but according to Hooper, 1996: 175, the material was destroyed during WWII. There should be some fragments in the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH 1877.5.2.21.1306-1309). [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 (Clathria) meyeri (Bowerbank, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167545 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophlitaspongia meyeri Bowerbank, 1877) Bowerbank, J.S. (1877). Descriptions of five new species of sponges discovered by A.B. Meyer on the Philippine Islands and New Guinea. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 456-464. [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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type material Dresden Museum, but according to Hooper, 1996: 175, the material was destroyed during WWII. There should be some fragments in the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH 1877.5.2.21.1306-1309). [details]
