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Halichondria couchii Bowerbank, 1867 
AphiaID: 191403

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Halichondria (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Record
status
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Accepted name  Haliclona (Gellius) fibulata (Schmidt, 1862)
Rank Species
Parent Halichondria Fleming, 1828
Sources  original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1867c. Sponges. In: Jeffreys, J.G.,Hincks, T., Couch, J., Stewart, J., Rowe, J.B. & Bate, J.S. Report to the committee appointed to explore the marine fauna and flora of the Devon and Cornwall, no. 2. Reports of the British Association 1867: 275-286.  [details] [full text]

basis of record: Bowerbank, J.S. 1874b. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII. (look up in IMIS[details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution United Kingdom [details]
Notes  Holotype: BMNH [details]

Type locality: Great Britain [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191403
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Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-09-07 19:12:58Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2010-05-19 10:23:56Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Halichondria couchii Bowerbank, 1867. 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=191403 on 2013-05-21
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