WoRMS name details
Microciona prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
157404 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157404)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Taxonomy Vosmaer (1935) lumped large numbers of unrelated species under the name Microciona prolifera. This is untenable and best...
Distribution Nova Scotia to Florida and Texas; Cobscook Bay
Taxonomy Family: Microcionidae according to Trott (2004).
Taxonomy Vosmaer (1935) lumped large numbers of unrelated species under the name Microciona prolifera. This is untenable and best ignored. [details]
Distribution Nova Scotia to Florida and Texas; Cobscook Bay
Distribution Nova Scotia to Florida and Texas; Cobscook Bay [details]
Taxonomy Family: Microcionidae according to Trott (2004).
Taxonomy Family: Microcionidae according to Trott (2004). [details]
Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schönberg, C.; Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P.; Carballo, J. L.; Ríos, P.; Downey, R. (2018). World Porifera database. Microciona prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157404 on 2018-06-22
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basis of record
Meinkoth, N.A. 1981. Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 799 p. [details]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source George, W.C.; Wilson, H.V. (1919). Sponges of Beaufort (N.C.) Harbor and Vicinity. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Washington. 36: 129-179, pls. LVI-LXVI.
page(s): 157-158 [details]
additional source Little, F.J. Jr. (1963). The sponge fauna of the St. George’s Sound, Apalache Bay, and Panama City Regions of the Florida Gulf Coast. Tulane Studies in Zoology 11(2): 31-71.
page(s): 49 [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
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additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source George, W.C.; Wilson, H.V. (1919). Sponges of Beaufort (N.C.) Harbor and Vicinity. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Washington. 36: 129-179, pls. LVI-LXVI.
page(s): 157-158 [details]
additional source Little, F.J. Jr. (1963). The sponge fauna of the St. George’s Sound, Apalache Bay, and Panama City Regions of the Florida Gulf Coast. Tulane Studies in Zoology 11(2): 31-71.
page(s): 49 [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Vosmaer (1935) lumped large numbers of unrelated species under the name Microciona prolifera. This is untenable and best ignored. [details]From other sources
Distribution Nova Scotia to Florida and Texas; Cobscook Bay [details]Taxonomy Family: Microcionidae according to Trott (2004). [details]