WoRMS taxon details
Halichondria ficus Johnston, 1842
AphiaID: 191379
AphiaID: 191379
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Halichondria (Genus) |
| Status | alternate representation (genus transfer) | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Suberites ficus (Johnston, 1842) | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Ficulina Gray, 1867 | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Halichondria Fleming, 1828 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Johnston, G. 1842. A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes.(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh): i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV. [details] [full text]
basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Suberitidae. In: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera, a guide to the classification of the sponges (in 2 volumes). Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York: 1-1708, i-xlviii. [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | United Kingdom [details] | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Holotype: BMNH 1847.9.7.51 [details] Type locality: United Kingdom [details] Type species: This is the type species of Ficulina Gray,1867, which is a junior synonym of Suberites. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191379 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Halichondria ficus Johnston, 1842. 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=191379 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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