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Spongia virgultosa (Schmidt, 1868) 
AphiaID: 132429

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Spongia (Genus)
Status alternate representation (subgenus assignment)
Record
status
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Accepted name  Spongia (Spongia) virgultosa (Schmidt, 1868)
Rank Species
Parent Spongia Linnaeus, 1759
Sources  original description: Schmidt, O. 1868. Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V. [details] [full text]

additional source: Maldonado, M. (1992). Demosponges of the red coral bottoms from the Alboran Sea. J. Nat. Hist. 26: 1131-1161 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Mustapha, K.B.,Zarrouk, S., Souissi, A., ; El Abed, A. 2003.Diversite Des Desmosponges Tunisiennes.Bull.Inst. Natn. Scien. Tech. Mer de Salammbô. Vol. 30 [details]

additional source: Cruz, T. 2002. Esponjas marinas de Canarias. Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias, S/C Tenerife. 260 pp. [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
Distribution Alboran Sea [details]
Algeria [details]
Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Tunisia [details]
Specimen  Holotype , locality Algeria [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To PESI
Note  A homonym of Spongia virgultosa Esper, 1797, but this is a nomen nudum. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132429
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2007-01-14 16:18:44Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia virgultosa (Schmidt, 1868). 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/authority/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132429 on 2013-05-19
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