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Spongia (Spongia) matamata de Laubenfels, 1954 
AphiaID: 165210

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Spongia (Genus) > Spongia (Spongia) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759
Synonymised
taxa
  Spongia matamata de Laubenfels, 1954 (subgenus assignment)
Spongia officinalis matamata De Laubenfels, 1954 (status change)
Sources  original description: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1954a. The Sponges of the West-Central Pacific. Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology 7: i-x, 1-306,pls I-XII. [details] [full text]

from synonym: Bergquist, P.R. 1965. The Sponges of Micronesia, Part I. The Palau Archipelago. Pacific Science 19(2): 123-204. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Marshall Islands [details]
Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Palau Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165210
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-05-19 10:23:56Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia (Spongia) matamata de Laubenfels, 1954. 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=165210 on 2013-05-21
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