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Spongia irregularis (Lendenfeld, 1889) 
AphiaID: 132399

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Spongia (Genus)
Status alternate representation (subgenus assignment)
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Accepted name  Spongia (Spongia) irregularis (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Rank Species
Parent Spongia Linnaeus, 1759
Sources  original description: Lendenfeld, R. Von 1889a. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges.(Trübner and Co.: London): iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50. [details]

additional source: Lévi, C. 1965a. Spongiaires récoltés par l’expédition israélienne dans le sud de la Mer Rouge en 1962. Pp. 3-27. In: Israel South Red Sea Expedition,1962, Report 13. Bulletin. Sea Fisheries Research Station, Israel, (39). [details] [full text]

additional source: Helmy, T.; El Serehy, H.; Mohamed, S.Z.; Van Soest, R.W.M. 2004. Description and classification of dictyoceratid sponges from the northern Red Sea. Beaufortia 54 (6): 81-91. [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]

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Variety Spongia irregularis var. mollior (sensu Ridley, 1884) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814
Variety Spongia irregularis var. suriganensis (Wilson, 1925) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) suriganensis (Wilson, 1925)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Bermuda (not valid[details]
Entedebir [details]
Indo-Pacific [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To PESI
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132399
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2007-01-06 13:59:43Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2010-05-18 18:36:36Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia irregularis (Lendenfeld, 1889). 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=132399 on 2013-05-20
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