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Callyspongia (Cladochalina) villosa (Pallas, 1766) 
AphiaID: 166233

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Haplosclerina (Suborder) > Callyspongiidae (Family) > Callyspongia (Genus) > Callyspongia (Cladochalina) (Subgenus)
Status species inquirenda
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Callyspongia (Cladochalina) Schmidt, 1870
Synonymised
taxa
  Callyspongia villosa (Pallas, 1766) (subgenus assignment)
Spinosella villosa (Pallas, 1766) (genus transfer)
Spongia villosa Pallas, 1766 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Pallas, P.S. (1766) Elenchus zoophytorum. Van Cleef, Hagae-Comitum, pp. 1-451, available online at http://www.gdz-cms.de/no_cache/en/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=222048 [details] [full text]

from synonym: Collette, B.B.; Rützler, K. 1977. Reef fishes over sponge bottoms off the mouth of the Amazon River. Proceedings 3rd International Coral Reef Symposium Miami, Florida, U.S.A. pp. 305-310. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Amazonia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Caribbean Sea [details]
United States part of the Gulf of Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen  Unknown type (from synonym): MNHN DT 2241 [view taxon]
Note  This species is probably a mixed complement of an Indian Ocean / Australian and Caribbean species. For the latter area it is likely that Callyspongia (Cladochalina) vaginalis (Lmarck, 1814) was included in Pallas' description. Since no specimens have survived, this can never be proven. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166233
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-11-04 19:04:05Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2010-11-26 10:23:28Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Callyspongia (Cladochalina) villosa (Pallas, 1766). 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=166233 on 2013-05-26
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