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Geodia depressa Bowerbank, 1873 
AphiaID: 134026

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Geodiidae (Family) > Geodiinae (Subfamily) > Geodia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Geodia Lamarck, 1815
Sources  original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1873a. Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadae. Part IV. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873: 3-25, pls I-IV. [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
Distribution Aegean Sea [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
Notes  Sollas (1888) believed this to be a junior synonym of Geodia gigas, whereas Lendenfeld (1903) assumed both to be synonyms of Geodia muelleri = G. cydonium. [details]

Holotype: BMNH [details]

Type locality: Dardanelles, Turkey [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134026
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Geodia depressa Bowerbank, 1873. 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=134026 on 2013-06-20
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