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Spheciospongia vesparium typica Vicente, Rützler & Carballeira, 1991 
AphiaID: 170567

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Clionaidae (Family) > Spheciospongia (Genus) > Spheciospongia vesparium (Species)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (junior synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Spheciospongia vesparium (Lamarck, 1815)
Rank Subspecies
Parent Spheciospongia vesparium (Lamarck, 1815)
Source  original description: Vicente, V.P.; Ruetzler, K.; Carballeira, N.M. 1991. Comparative morphology, ecology, and fatty acid composition of West Indian Spheciospongia (Demospongea). Marine Ecology 12(3): 211-226 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution United States part of the Gulf of Mexico [details]
Notes  If this is to be considered a proper subspecies, then it has to be renamed S. vesparium vesparium. [details]

Type locality: Puerto Rico [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170567
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2006-08-19 13:35:29Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2011-01-14 10:04:19Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spheciospongia vesparium typica Vicente, Rützler & Carballeira, 1991. 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=170567 on 2013-06-19
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