WoRMS name details
Donatia lyncurium (Linnaeus, 1767)
237850 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:237850)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
Donatia Nardo, 1833 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815
- Variety Donatia lyncurium var. australis (Kirk, 1911) accepted as Tethya deformis Thiele, 1898 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Alcyonium lyncurium Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] 
Type locality contained in Solomon Archipelago
type locality contained in Solomon Archipelago (inaccurate) [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. Donatia lyncurium (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=237850 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
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(of Alcyonium lyncurium Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
new combination reference Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
new combination reference Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
Other
additional source
Stephens, J. (1915). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. I.- The Triaxonia and part of the Tetraxonida. <em>Fisheries, Ireland Scientific Investigations.</em> 1914(4): 1-43, pls I-V.
page(s): 22 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1913). Spongiaires provenant des campagnes scientifiques de la ‘Princesse Alice' dans les Mers du Nord (1898-1899 - 1906-1907). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I de Monaco.</em> 45: 1-67, pls I-V.
page(s): 27; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Ferrer Hernández, F. (1918). Esponjas del litoral de Asturias. <em>Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales Serie Zoologia.</em> 36: 1-39.
page(s): 19 [details]
additional source Babiç, K. (1922). Monactinellida und Tetractinellida des Adriatischen Meeres. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 46(2): 217-302, pls 8-9.
page(s): 268-269 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1924). A revision of the sponge family Donatiidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1924 (part 4): 1033-1045, pl. 1. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Dendy, A. (1916). Report on the Homosclerophora and Astrotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <i>In</i>: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Vol. 6. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 17 (2): 225-271,pls 44-48.
page(s): 262; note: misapplication [details]
page(s): 22 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1913). Spongiaires provenant des campagnes scientifiques de la ‘Princesse Alice' dans les Mers du Nord (1898-1899 - 1906-1907). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I de Monaco.</em> 45: 1-67, pls I-V.
page(s): 27; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Ferrer Hernández, F. (1918). Esponjas del litoral de Asturias. <em>Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales Serie Zoologia.</em> 36: 1-39.
page(s): 19 [details]
additional source Babiç, K. (1922). Monactinellida und Tetractinellida des Adriatischen Meeres. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 46(2): 217-302, pls 8-9.
page(s): 268-269 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1924). A revision of the sponge family Donatiidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1924 (part 4): 1033-1045, pl. 1. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dendy, A. (1916). Report on the Homosclerophora and Astrotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <i>In</i>: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Vol. 6. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 17 (2): 225-271,pls 44-48.
page(s): 262; note: misapplication [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
