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Clathria compressa (Bowerbank, 1875) 
AphiaID: 133012

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Microcionidae (Family) > Microcioninae (Subfamily) > Clathria (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Clathria Schmidt, 1862
Synonymised
taxa		  Halichondria compressa Bowerbank, 1875 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1875b. Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadae. Part VII. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875: 281-296. [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 Malacca Strait [details]
Malaysia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
Note  This is a junior homonym of Clathria (Clathria) compressa Schmidt, 1861. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133012
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2005-09-09 16:45:37Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-09-07 19:12:58Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Clathria compressa (Bowerbank, 1875). 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=133012 on 2013-05-18
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