WoRMS name details
Kallypilidion fascigera (Hentschel, 1912)
221084 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221084)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Siphonochalina fascigera Hentschel, 1912) Hentschel, E. (1912). Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 34 (3): 293-448, pls 13-21.
page(s): 398-399 [details]
page(s): 398-399 [details]
Description Single or multiple clumps of tubes up to 50 cm high and 4-5 cm wide. Walls 3-4 mm thick, sometimes ribbed, occasionally...
Description Single or multiple clumps of tubes up to 50 cm high and 4-5 cm wide. Walls 3-4 mm thick, sometimes ribbed, occasionally with fine tapering tendrils. Surface extremely smooth; fine thread-like longitudinal spicule tracts visible in walls. Body flexible, smooth and soft; tubes collapse out of water. Colour clear sky-blue, occasionally pale lilac. Habitat: fringing and patch reefs. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [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. Kallypilidion fascigera (Hentschel, 1912). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221084 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Siphonochalina fascigera Hentschel, 1912) Hentschel, E. (1912). Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 34 (3): 293-448, pls 13-21.
page(s): 398-399 [details]
page(s): 398-399 [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Single or multiple clumps of tubes up to 50 cm high and 4-5 cm wide. Walls 3-4 mm thick, sometimes ribbed, occasionally with fine tapering tendrils. Surface extremely smooth; fine thread-like longitudinal spicule tracts visible in walls. Body flexible, smooth and soft; tubes collapse out of water. Colour clear sky-blue, occasionally pale lilac. Habitat: fringing and patch reefs. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details]
