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Spongia fragilis Montagu, 1818 
AphiaID: 132394

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Spongia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
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status
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Accepted name  Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1818)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Dysidea Johnston, 1842
Parent Spongia Linnaeus, 1759
Sources  original description: Montagu, G. 1818. An Essay on Sponges, with Descriptions of all the Species that have been discovered on the Coast of Great Britain. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 2(1): 67-122, pls III-XVI. [details] [full text]

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 United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Specimen  Unknown type , locality United Kingdom [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To PESI
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132394
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2010-12-17 13:55:27Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia fragilis Montagu, 1818. 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=132394 on 2013-05-25
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