WoRMS name details
Placoplegmidae Laubenfels, 1936
606638 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:606638)
unaccepted (junior synonym and misspelling)
Family
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
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Taxonomy The family name is based on the misspelled genus name Placoplegma, which should be spelled Placopegma. That genus is a...
Taxonomy The family name is based on the misspelled genus name Placoplegma, which should be spelled Placopegma. That genus is a member of the subfamily Euplectellinae of the family Euplectellidae. [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. Placoplegmidae Laubenfels, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=606638 on 2025-05-11
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Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 187 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 187 [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy The family name is based on the misspelled genus name Placoplegma, which should be spelled Placopegma. That genus is a member of the subfamily Euplectellinae of the family Euplectellidae. [details]
