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Spongia (Spongia) lignea Hyatt, 1877 
AphiaID: 165203

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 officinalis var. dura Lendenfeld, 1889 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia lignea Hyatt, 1877 (subgenus assignment)
Sources  original description: Hyatt, A. 1877. Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII. [details] [full text]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Lendenfeld, R. Von 1889a. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges.(Trübner and Co.: London): iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50. [details] [view taxon]

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 Subspecies Spongia (Spongia) lignea arborescens Hyatt, 1877
Subspecies Spongia (Spongia) lignea crassa Hyatt, 1877
Subspecies Spongia (Spongia) lignea hawaiiensis Hyatt, 1877
Subspecies Spongia (Spongia) lignea levis Hyatt, 1877
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:165203
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-05-19 10:23:56Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia (Spongia) lignea Hyatt, 1877. 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=165203 on 2013-05-23
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