WoRMS taxon details
Cliona aprica Pang, 1973
170425 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170425)
accepted
Species
Cliona aprica f. profunda Pang, 1973 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Forma Cliona aprica f. profunda Pang, 1973 accepted as Cliona aprica Pang, 1973 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pang, R.K. (1973). The systematics of some Jamaican excavating sponges (Porifera). <em>Postilla.</em> 161: 1-75.
page(s): 42-47; fig 12-13 [details]
page(s): 42-47; fig 12-13 [details]
Holotype YPM 8772, geounit Greater Antilles
Holotype YPM 8772, geounit Greater Antilles [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. Cliona aprica Pang, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170425 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Pang, R.K. (1973). The systematics of some Jamaican excavating sponges (Porifera). <em>Postilla.</em> 161: 1-75.
page(s): 42-47; fig 12-13 [details]
original description (of Cliona aprica f. profunda Pang, 1973) Pang, R.K. (1973). The systematics of some Jamaican excavating sponges (Porifera). <em>Postilla.</em> 161: 1-75.
page(s): 45-47 [details]
page(s): 42-47; fig 12-13 [details]
original description (of Cliona aprica f. profunda Pang, 1973) Pang, R.K. (1973). The systematics of some Jamaican excavating sponges (Porifera). <em>Postilla.</em> 161: 1-75.
page(s): 45-47 [details]
Other
additional source
Alcolado, P.M. 1976. Lista de nuevos registros de Poriferos para Cuba.Serie Oceanológica. Instituto de Oceanologia. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba. Oceanologia (36): 1-11.
page(s): 6 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 95-96 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 471 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Zea, S.; Weil, E. (2003). Taxonomy of the Caribbean excavating sponge species complex <i>Cliona caribbaea C-aprica C-langae</i> (Porifera, Hadromerida, Clionaidae). <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 39 (3): 348-370.
page(s): 351-361 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Alcolado, P.M.; Busutil, L. (2012). Inventaire des spongiaires néritiques du Parc National de La Guadeloupe (Inventario de las esponjas neríticas del Parque Nacional de Guadalupe). <em>Serie Oceanológica.</em> 10, 62-76.
page(s): 68 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Buznego, M.; Alcolado, P.M. (1987). Frecuencia de ataques de esponjas perforadoras sobre algunos corales escleractineos y otros susbtratros marinos en Cuba. <em>Reporte de Investigacion del Instituto de Oceanologia.</em> 59, 1-13.
page(s): 7-8 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 22-23 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 6 [details] Available for editors

additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 95-96 [details] Available for editors

additional source Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 471 [details] Available for editors

additional source Zea, S.; Weil, E. (2003). Taxonomy of the Caribbean excavating sponge species complex <i>Cliona caribbaea C-aprica C-langae</i> (Porifera, Hadromerida, Clionaidae). <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 39 (3): 348-370.
page(s): 351-361 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors

additional source Alcolado, P.M.; Busutil, L. (2012). Inventaire des spongiaires néritiques du Parc National de La Guadeloupe (Inventario de las esponjas neríticas del Parque Nacional de Guadalupe). <em>Serie Oceanológica.</em> 10, 62-76.
page(s): 68 [details] Available for editors

additional source Buznego, M.; Alcolado, P.M. (1987). Frecuencia de ataques de esponjas perforadoras sobre algunos corales escleractineos y otros susbtratros marinos en Cuba. <em>Reporte de Investigacion del Instituto de Oceanologia.</em> 59, 1-13.
page(s): 7-8 [details] Available for editors

additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 22-23 [details] Available for editors






Holotype YPM 8772, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
Paratype (of Cliona aprica f. profunda Pang, 1973) YPM 8723, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cliona aprica)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 008911.PR)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cliona aprica)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 008911.PR)