Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Poecilosclerida > Suborder Microcionina > Family Microcionidae > Subfamily Microcioninae > Genus Clathria > Subgenus Clathria (Microciona)

Clathria (Microciona) armata (Bowerbank, 1862)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Clathria*	Schmidt, 1862	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Amphilectus armatus*	(Bowerbank, 1866)	basionym
*Microciona armata*	Bowerbank, 1862	basionym
*Amphilectus armatus*	(Bowerbank, 1866)	synonym
*Clathria armata*	(Bowerbank, 1862)	synonym; alternate representation
*Microciona armata*	Bowerbank, 1862	synonym

Literature

original description	Bowerbank, J.S. 1866a. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388.
additional source	Bertolino, M.; Cerrano, C.; Bavestrello, G.; Carella, M.; Pansini, M.; Calcinai, B. 2013. Diversity of Porifera in the Mediterranean coralligenous accretions, with description of a new species. Zookeys 336: 1-37.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M.; Picton, B.E.; Morrow, C. 2000. Sponges of the North East Atlantic. In: World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series, Windows/Mac version 1.0. (ETI, University of Amsterdam:Amsterdam.)
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; De Voogd, N.J. 2013. Microcionid sponges from Northwest Africa and the Macaronesian Islands (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida). Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 87 (4): 275-404.

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Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Clathria (Microciona) armata (Bowerbank, 1862). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167614