WoRMS name details
Cliona sceptrellifera Carter, 1887
190680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190680)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1887). Report on the Marine Sponges, chiefly from King Island, in the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 21(127-128): 61-84, pls 5-7.
page(s): 62 [details]
page(s): 62 [details]
Type locality contained in Andaman Sea Coral Coast
type locality contained in Andaman Sea Coral Coast [details]
Taxonomy Carter (1887) listed this combination as 'n.sp.' with question mark. In the text there is no description of the material...
Taxonomy Carter (1887) listed this combination as 'n.sp.' with question mark. In the text there is no description of the material other than that it occupies bore holes in a piece of coral. The transfer to genus Latrunculia is made because of the description of the microscleres by Carter. [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 sceptrellifera Carter, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=190680 on 2025-04-05
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Carter, H.J. (1887). Report on the Marine Sponges, chiefly from King Island, in the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 21(127-128): 61-84, pls 5-7.
page(s): 62 [details]
new combination reference Kelly, M.; Sim-Smith, C.; Stone, R.; Samaai, T.; Reiswig, H.; Austin, W. (2016). New taxa and arrangements within the family Latrunculiidae (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4121 (1): 1–48., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4121.1.1
page(s): 44 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 62 [details]
new combination reference Kelly, M.; Sim-Smith, C.; Stone, R.; Samaai, T.; Reiswig, H.; Austin, W. (2016). New taxa and arrangements within the family Latrunculiidae (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4121 (1): 1–48., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4121.1.1
page(s): 44 [details] Available for editors






From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Carter (1887) listed this combination as 'n.sp.' with question mark. In the text there is no description of the material other than that it occupies bore holes in a piece of coral. The transfer to genus Latrunculia is made because of the description of the microscleres by Carter. [details]