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Spongia palmata Ellis & Solander, 1786 
AphiaID: 132408

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  Isodictya palmata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Isodictya Bowerbank, 1864
Parent Spongia Linnaeus, 1759
Sources  original description: Ellis, J.; Solander, D. 1786. The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Hajdu, E.; Weerdt, W.H. De; Van Soest, R.W.M. 1994b. Affinities of the ‘Mermaid’s Glove’ sponge Isodicta palmata, with a discussion on the synapomorphic value of chelae microscleres. Pp. 141-150. In: van Soest, R.W.M., van Kempen, Th.M.G. & Braekman,J.-C. (Eds), Sponges in Time and Space. (Balkema: Rotterdam): 1-515 [details]

basis of record: Hajdu, E.; Lobo-Hajdu, G. 2002. Family Isodictyidae Dendy, 1924. Pp. 703-706. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [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 United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Specimen  Holotype: BMNH 1847.9.7.1, locality England (Berwickshire) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To PESI
Image 
Original Plate of Ellis & Solander's (1786) Spongia palmata.
Original Plate of Ellis & Solander's (1786) Spongia palmata.
added on 2010-08-02 - author: van Soest, Rob
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2010-08-02 20:48:49
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132408
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2005-12-18 15:59:31Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-07-05 12:35:40Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia palmata Ellis & Solander, 1786. 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=132408 on 2013-05-18
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