Porifera taxon details
Clathria (Microciona) strepsitoxa (Hope, 1889)
167689 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167689)
accepted
Species
Clathria strepsitoxa (Hope, 1889) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Hope, R. (1889). On two new British Species of Sponges, with short noticesof an Ovigerous Specimen of <i>Hymeniacidon Dujardinii</i>, Bowk., and of a Fossil Toxite. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 4(23): 333-342, pl. XVI. [details] 
Holotype (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) BMNH...
Holotype (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) BMNH 1889.11.16.1, geounit North Sea [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Clathria (Microciona) strepsitoxa (Hope, 1889). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167689 on 2025-04-05
original description
(of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Hope, R. (1889). On two new British Species of Sponges, with short noticesof an Ovigerous Specimen of <i>Hymeniacidon Dujardinii</i>, Bowk., and of a Fossil Toxite. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 4(23): 333-342, pl. XVI. [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]
additional source Cruz, T. (2002). Esponjas marinas de Canarias. <em>Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias.</em> S/C Tenerife. 260 pp. [details] Available for editors
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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). <em>Zoölogische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 87 (4): 275-404., available online at http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?c=zoomed;idno=8702a03 [details]
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): 35 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Topsent, E. (1934). Etude d'Eponges littorales du Golfe de Gabès. <em>Bulletin de la Station d'Aquiculture et de Pêche de Castiglione.</em> 1932(2):71-102.
page(s): 22-24; note: description of a Mediterranean variety. [details] Available for editors
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additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) 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. <em>Studies on the Neotropical Fauna and Environment.</em> 19(3): 121-135.
page(s): 134; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
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additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Ben Mustapha, K; Zarrouk, S.; Souissi, A.; El Abed, A. (2003). Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. <em>Bulletin Institut national des Sciences et Technologies de la mer de Salammbô.</em> 30, 55-78.
page(s): 68 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Carballo, J.L.; Garcia-Gómez, J.C. (1994). Esponjas del Estrecho de Gibraltar y áreas próximas, con nuevas aportaciones para la fauna Iberica [Porifera from the Straits of Gibraltar and nearby areas, new species of the Iberian fauna]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 35(2): 193-211. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 198 [details]
additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Vacelet, J. (1976). Inventaire des Spongiaires du Parc national de Port-Cros (Var). <em>Travaux scientifiques du Parc national de Port-Cros.</em> 2, 167-186.
page(s): 179 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Topaloğlu, B. (2001). Sponge fauna in the littoral zone of the Marmara Sea. <em>Rapports et Procès Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration de la Mer Méditerranée,.</em> 36, 421.
page(s): 421 [details] Available for editors
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additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Topaloğlu, B. (2001). A preliminary study on sponge fauna of the north shore of Gökçeada Island. In: Öztürk B, Aysel V, editors. Ulusal Ege Adaları 2001. <em>Toplantısı Bildiriler Kitabı. İstanbul, Turkey: Türk Deniz Araştırmaları Vakfı, .</em> pp. 97–102 (in Turkish).
page(s): 100 [details] Available for editors
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additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Solórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. <em>Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 1036 pp.
page(s): 892-894; Lám. 113 [details] Available for editors
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additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Naveiro Millán, A. (2002). Poríferos de la costa da Arrábida (Portugal). Clase Demospongiae. <em>Tesina Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 165 pp.
page(s): 78-80 Figura 32 [details] Available for editors
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additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Lévi, C. (1960). Les démosponges des côtes de France: 1. Les Clathriidae [The Demospongiae of the French coasts: 1. The Clathriidae. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 1 (1): 47-87. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors
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additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Pouliquen, L. (1972). Les spongiaires des grottes sous-marines de la région de Marseille: Ecologie et systématique. <em>Téthys.</em> 3(4): 717-758.
page(s): 127 [details]
additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1978). Report on a Collection of Sponges from the Bay of Naples. III Hadromerida, Axinellida, Poecilosclerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida. <em>Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universitá di Genova.</em> 45: 7-89.
page(s): 62 [details]
additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1983). A collection of Mediterranean Demospongiae (Porifera) with, in appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 84: 445-621.
page(s): 573 [details] Available for editors
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additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Sarà, M.; Siribelli, L. (1960). La fauna di Poriferi delle 'secche' del Golfo di Napoli. 1. La 'secca' della Gaiola. <em>Annuario dell'Istituto e Museo de Zoologia dell'Università di Napoli.</em> 12(3): 1-93.
page(s): 67-69 [details] Available for editors
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additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Topsent, E. (1890). Éponges de la Manche. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 3 (1): 195-205.
page(s): 199 [details]
additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Topsent, E. (1892). Diagnoses d'éponges nouvelles de la Méditerranée et plus particulièrement de Banyuls. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (2) 10 (Notes et Revue 6) xvii-xxviii.
page(s): XVII [details]
additional source (of Clathria strepsitoxa (Hope, 1889)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source (of Clathria strepsitoxa (Hope, 1889)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1993). Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.</em> 159: 205-219. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). <em>A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society.</em> 1-175.
page(s): 89-90 [details]
additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls.
page(s): 62 [details] Available for editors
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additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Borojevic, R.; Cabioch, L.; Lévi, C. (1968). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. <em>Éditions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.</em> pp. 1-44., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/images/stories/sbr/observation/documents/spongiaires.pdf
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors
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additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Boury-Esnault, N. (1971). Spongiaires de la zone rocheuse de Banyuls-sur-Mer. II. Systématique. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 22(2): 287-349.
page(s): 326; note: with a short description [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Boury-Esnault, N.; Lopes, M.T. (1985). Les Démosponges littorales de l'Archipel des Açores. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 61(2): 149-225.
page(s): 192-193; fig 40 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Descatoire, A. (1969). Peuplements sessiles de l'Archipel de Glénan de l'infralittoral rocheux. I. - Inventaire: Spongiaires. <em>Vie et Milieu (B, Océanographie).</em> 20 (1B): 177-209.
page(s): 197 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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]
additional source Cruz, T. (2002). Esponjas marinas de Canarias. <em>Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias.</em> S/C Tenerife. 260 pp. [details] Available for editors

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). <em>Zoölogische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 87 (4): 275-404., available online at http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?c=zoomed;idno=8702a03 [details]
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): 35 [details] Available for editors

basis of record (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Topsent, E. (1934). Etude d'Eponges littorales du Golfe de Gabès. <em>Bulletin de la Station d'Aquiculture et de Pêche de Castiglione.</em> 1932(2):71-102.
page(s): 22-24; note: description of a Mediterranean variety. [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) 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. <em>Studies on the Neotropical Fauna and Environment.</em> 19(3): 121-135.
page(s): 134; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Ben Mustapha, K; Zarrouk, S.; Souissi, A.; El Abed, A. (2003). Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. <em>Bulletin Institut national des Sciences et Technologies de la mer de Salammbô.</em> 30, 55-78.
page(s): 68 [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Carballo, J.L.; Garcia-Gómez, J.C. (1994). Esponjas del Estrecho de Gibraltar y áreas próximas, con nuevas aportaciones para la fauna Iberica [Porifera from the Straits of Gibraltar and nearby areas, new species of the Iberian fauna]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 35(2): 193-211. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 198 [details]
additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Vacelet, J. (1976). Inventaire des Spongiaires du Parc national de Port-Cros (Var). <em>Travaux scientifiques du Parc national de Port-Cros.</em> 2, 167-186.
page(s): 179 [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Topaloğlu, B. (2001). Sponge fauna in the littoral zone of the Marmara Sea. <em>Rapports et Procès Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration de la Mer Méditerranée,.</em> 36, 421.
page(s): 421 [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Topaloğlu, B. (2001). A preliminary study on sponge fauna of the north shore of Gökçeada Island. In: Öztürk B, Aysel V, editors. Ulusal Ege Adaları 2001. <em>Toplantısı Bildiriler Kitabı. İstanbul, Turkey: Türk Deniz Araştırmaları Vakfı, .</em> pp. 97–102 (in Turkish).
page(s): 100 [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Solórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. <em>Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 1036 pp.
page(s): 892-894; Lám. 113 [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Naveiro Millán, A. (2002). Poríferos de la costa da Arrábida (Portugal). Clase Demospongiae. <em>Tesina Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 165 pp.
page(s): 78-80 Figura 32 [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Lévi, C. (1960). Les démosponges des côtes de France: 1. Les Clathriidae [The Demospongiae of the French coasts: 1. The Clathriidae. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 1 (1): 47-87. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Pouliquen, L. (1972). Les spongiaires des grottes sous-marines de la région de Marseille: Ecologie et systématique. <em>Téthys.</em> 3(4): 717-758.
page(s): 127 [details]
additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1978). Report on a Collection of Sponges from the Bay of Naples. III Hadromerida, Axinellida, Poecilosclerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida. <em>Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universitá di Genova.</em> 45: 7-89.
page(s): 62 [details]
additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1983). A collection of Mediterranean Demospongiae (Porifera) with, in appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 84: 445-621.
page(s): 573 [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Sarà, M.; Siribelli, L. (1960). La fauna di Poriferi delle 'secche' del Golfo di Napoli. 1. La 'secca' della Gaiola. <em>Annuario dell'Istituto e Museo de Zoologia dell'Università di Napoli.</em> 12(3): 1-93.
page(s): 67-69 [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Topsent, E. (1890). Éponges de la Manche. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 3 (1): 195-205.
page(s): 199 [details]
additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Topsent, E. (1892). Diagnoses d'éponges nouvelles de la Méditerranée et plus particulièrement de Banyuls. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (2) 10 (Notes et Revue 6) xvii-xxviii.
page(s): XVII [details]
additional source (of Clathria strepsitoxa (Hope, 1889)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source (of Clathria strepsitoxa (Hope, 1889)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1993). Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.</em> 159: 205-219. [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). <em>A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society.</em> 1-175.
page(s): 89-90 [details]
additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls.
page(s): 62 [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Borojevic, R.; Cabioch, L.; Lévi, C. (1968). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. <em>Éditions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.</em> pp. 1-44., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/images/stories/sbr/observation/documents/spongiaires.pdf
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Boury-Esnault, N. (1971). Spongiaires de la zone rocheuse de Banyuls-sur-Mer. II. Systématique. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 22(2): 287-349.
page(s): 326; note: with a short description [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Boury-Esnault, N.; Lopes, M.T. (1985). Les Démosponges littorales de l'Archipel des Açores. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 61(2): 149-225.
page(s): 192-193; fig 40 [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) Descatoire, A. (1969). Peuplements sessiles de l'Archipel de Glénan de l'infralittoral rocheux. I. - Inventaire: Spongiaires. <em>Vie et Milieu (B, Océanographie).</em> 20 (1B): 177-209.
page(s): 197 [details] Available for editors





Holotype (of Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889) BMNH 1889.11.16.1, geounit North Sea [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clathria strepsitoxa) (from synonym Clathria strepsitoxa (Hope, 1889))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Clathria strepsitoxa (Hope, 1889))
To PESI (from synonym Clathria strepsitoxa (Hope, 1889))
To PESI (from synonym Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889)
To PESI
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clathria strepsitoxa) (from synonym Clathria strepsitoxa (Hope, 1889))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Clathria strepsitoxa (Hope, 1889))
To PESI (from synonym Clathria strepsitoxa (Hope, 1889))
To PESI (from synonym Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889)
To PESI
From editor or global species database
Image from synonym