WoRMS taxon details
Cliothosa quadrata (Hancock, 1849)
170494 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170494)
accepted
Species
Cliona quadrata Hancock, 1849 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Cliona warreni Carter, 1881 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cliona quadrata Hancock, 1849) Hancock, A. (1849). On the Excavating Powers of certain Sponges belonging to the genus <i>Cliona</i> with descriptions of several new Species,and an allied generic form. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2)3(17): 321-348, pls XII-XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085612 [details] 
Type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka
type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka [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. Cliothosa quadrata (Hancock, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170494 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cliona quadrata Hancock, 1849) Hancock, A. (1849). On the Excavating Powers of certain Sponges belonging to the genus <i>Cliona</i> with descriptions of several new Species,and an allied generic form. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2)3(17): 321-348, pls XII-XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085612 [details]
original description (of Cliona warreni 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): 370 [details]
basis of record Rützler, K.; Stone, S.M. (1986). Discovery and significance of Albany Hancock's microscope preparations of excavating sponges (Porifera:Hadromerida: Clionidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99 (4): 658-675. [details]
original description (of Cliona warreni 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): 370 [details]
basis of record Rützler, K.; Stone, S.M. (1986). Discovery and significance of Albany Hancock's microscope preparations of excavating sponges (Porifera:Hadromerida: Clionidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99 (4): 658-675. [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
