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Metania vesparia (Martens, 1868) 
AphiaID: 167063

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Spongillina (Suborder) > Metaniidae (Family) > Metania (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Metania Gray, 1867
Synonymised
taxa		  Metania lissostrongyla Burton, 1938 (junior synonym)
 Spongilla vesparium Martens, 1868 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: von Martens, E., 1868. Ueber einige ostasiatische Süsswasserthiere.— Archiv für Naturgeschichte 34: 1-64, Plate 1.  [details] [full text]

from synonym: Burton, M. 1938a. Some Freshwater Sponges from the Belgian Congo, including descriptions of two new species from Northern Rhodesia. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 30(4): 458-468, pls I-II. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Borneo (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Congolese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen  Holotype (from synonym): ZMB 3371, locality Borneo (Indonesia, Borneo, Sintang, Pulo Island, Lake Dana Sriang) [view taxon]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
To ITIS
Image 
Metania vesparium
Metania vesparium
added on 2010-07-03 - author: van Soest, Rob
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2010-07-03 15:26:04
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167063
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-06-18 13:38:23Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
2012-12-09 13:42:12Z  changed  Manconi, Renata
  
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  Citation: Manconi, R.; van Soest, R. (2013). Metania vesparia (Martens, 1868). 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=167063 on 2013-05-24
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