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Spongia (Spongia) spinosa (Lendenfeld, 1888) 
AphiaID: 165236

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. spinosa Lendenfeld, 1888 (genus transfer and status change)
Sources  original description: Lendenfeld, R. Von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London): i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12. [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
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Manning-Hawkesbury [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165236
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-05-02 15:00:59Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia (Spongia) spinosa (Lendenfeld, 1888). 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=165236 on 2013-05-19
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