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Spongia damicornis Esper, 1794 
AphiaID: 132392

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Spongia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Axinella damicornis (Esper, 1794)
Rank Species
Parent Spongia Linnaeus, 1759
Sources  original description: Esper, E.C.J. 1794. Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg):1-303. [details]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Italian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To PESI
Notes  In quoting the Mediterranean as the occurrence of this species, we essentially follow Schmidt's (1862: 61) record of the species. Esper (1794: 249-250) did not know the origin of his specimen. [details]

Type locality: unclear [details]
Image 
Original Plate of Esper's (1794) Spongia damicornis
Original Plate of Esper's (1794) Spongia damicornis
added on 2010-08-02 - author: van Soest, Rob
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2010-08-02 19:03:11
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132392
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2007-07-29 13:10:02Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia damicornis Esper, 1794. 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. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132392 on 2013-05-23
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