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Ircinia spongiastrum Nardo, 1833 
AphiaID: 192054

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Irciniidae (Family) > Ircinia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (nomen nudum)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Hircinia Nardo, 1834
Parent Ircinia Nardo, 1833
Sources  original description: Nardo, G.D. 1833. Auszug aus einem neuen System der Spongiarien,wonach bereits die Aufstellung in der Universitäts-Sammlung zu Padua gemacht ist. Pp. 519-523. In: Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung Coll.(Oken: Jena). [details] [full text]

basis of record: Pronzato, R.; Malva, R,; Manconi, R, 2004. The taxonomic status of Ircinia fasciculata, Ircinia felix, and Ircinia variabilis (Dictyoceratida, Irciniidae). Boll. Mus. Ist.Biol. Univ. Genova 68: 553-563. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Adriatic Sea [details]
Notes  All Nardo's 1833 Ircinia names are nomina nuda. By inference, Pronzato et al. (2004) proposed to assign this to Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862). Since a nomen nudum is not valid, Schmidt's younger name is available as type species. [details]

Type locality: Venice [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192054
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-11-08 08:05:14Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2008-04-18 08:09:46Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Ircinia spongiastrum Nardo, 1833. 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/authority/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=192054 on 2013-05-22
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