Porifera name details
Plectodendron Lendenfeld, 1888
184840 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184840)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Genus
Plectodendron elegans Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Caulospongia elegans (Lendenfeld, 1888) (type by monotypy)
- Species Plectodendron elegans Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Caulospongia elegans (Lendenfeld, 1888) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12. [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. Plectodendron Lendenfeld, 1888. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=184840 on 2025-04-04
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Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12. [details] 
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Suberitidae. Pp 227-244 <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - a guide to the classification of the sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York: 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Suberitidae. Pp 227-244 <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - a guide to the classification of the sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York: 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]
source of synonymy 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): 67-68 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Suberitidae. Pp 227-244 <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - a guide to the classification of the sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York: 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Suberitidae. Pp 227-244 <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - a guide to the classification of the sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York: 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]

source of synonymy 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): 67-68 [details]