WoRMS taxon details
Caulospongia plicata Kent, 1871
170752 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170752)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kent, W. Saville. (1871). On a new Genus of Sponges from North Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 615-616, pl. XLVIII.
page(s): 616 [details]
page(s): 616 [details]
Type locality contained in Australian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [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. Caulospongia plicata Kent, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170752 on 2025-03-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Kent, W. Saville. (1871). On a new Genus of Sponges from North Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 615-616, pl. XLVIII.
page(s): 616 [details]
basis of record Fromont, J. (1998). Revision of the marine sponge genus <i>Caulospongia</i> Saville Kent, 1871 (Demospongiae: Hadromerida). Part 1. Morphological and skeletal characters. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 19: 65-89.
page(s): 77-78 [details]
page(s): 616 [details]
basis of record Fromont, J. (1998). Revision of the marine sponge genus <i>Caulospongia</i> Saville Kent, 1871 (Demospongiae: Hadromerida). Part 1. Morphological and skeletal characters. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 19: 65-89.
page(s): 77-78 [details]
Other
additional source
Fromont, J. (2003). Porifera (Sponges) in the Dampier Archipelago: taxonomie affinities and biogeography. pp. 405-417. In: Wells, F.E.; Walker, D.I.; Jones, D.S. (eds.) The marine flora and fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth.
page(s): 409 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 409 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
