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Spongia (Spongia) illawarra (Whitelegge, 1901) 
AphiaID: 165195

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Spongia (Genus) > Spongia (Spongia) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759
Synonymised
taxa		  Euspongia illawarra Whitelegge, 1901 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Whitelegge, T. (1901). Report on sponges from the coastal beaches of New South Wales. Rec. Aust. Mus. 4(2): 55-118, pls X-XV (look up in IMIS) [details] [full text]

basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. Pp. 1-620. In: Wells, A. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. (CSIRO: Melbourne)., available online at http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist#selected [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Manning-Hawkesbury [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165195
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-05-02 15:00:59Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia (Spongia) illawarra (Whitelegge, 1901). 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=165195 on 2013-05-23
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