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Clathria (Microciona) micronesia (de Laubenfels, 1954) 
AphiaID: 167663

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Microcionidae (Family) > Microcioninae (Subfamily) > Clathria (Genus) > Clathria (Microciona) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Clathria (Microciona) Bowerbank, 1862
Synonymised
taxa
  Clathria micronesia (de Laubenfels, 1954) (subgenus assignment)
Microciona micronesia de Laubenfels, 1954 (genus transfer)
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]

basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A. 1996a. Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 40: 1-626. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution type locality: Marshall Islands [details]
Marshall Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen  Holotype (from synonym): USNM 22833, locality Marshall Islands (Majuro Atoll, near east end of lagoon, near Islet Rita or Jarej) [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167663
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2009-07-05 12:36:50Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Clathria (Microciona) micronesia (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=167663 on 2013-06-19
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