WoRMS taxon details
Alcyonium vesparium Lamarck, 1815
AphiaID: 189897
AphiaID: 189897
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Tethyidae (Family) > Alcyonium (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (genus transfer) | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Accepted name | Spheciospongia vesparium (Lamarck, 1815) | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Spheciospongia Marshall, 1892 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Alcyonium sensu Pallas, 1766 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Lamarck, J.B.P. De Monet, Comte De 1815 [1814]. Suite des polypiers empâtés. Mémoires du Muséum d’Histoire naturelle, Paris 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details] basis of record: Topsent, E. 1933. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris.Fin. Archives du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle. Paris (6) 10:1-60, pls I-III. [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Caribbean Sea [details] | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Holotype: MNHN LBIM DT 3419 [details] Type locality: Antilles, based on examination of original labels (see Topsent,1933), although Lamarck believed his specimens came from either South Africa or the Indian Ocean. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:189897 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Alcyonium vesparium Lamarck, 1815. 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=189897 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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