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Hircinia arbuscula Hyatt, 1877 
AphiaID: 191624

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Irciniidae (Family) > Hircinia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
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Accepted name  Ircinia arbuscula (Hyatt, 1877)
Rank Species
Parent Hircinia Nardo, 1834 accepted as Ircinia Nardo, 1833
Source  original description: Hyatt, A. 1877. Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Kiribati Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Notes  This is incertae sedis, as Hyatt did not find 'parasitic algae' (= filaments) in the tissue. The specimen needs re-examination. [details]

Holotype: MCZ [details]

Type locality: Kingsmills Islands [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191624
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-04-20 19:06:24Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Hircinia arbuscula Hyatt, 1877. 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=191624 on 2013-06-19
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