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Spongia cespitosa Rafinesque, 1818 
AphiaID: 193594

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Spongia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
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Accepted name  Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Pallas, 1766)
Rank Species
Parent Spongia Linnaeus, 1759
Source  original description: Rafinesque, C.S. 1818c. Descriptions of species of sponges observed on the shores of Long Island. American Journal of Science and Arts 1: 149-151. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean [details]
Note  Type locality: E coast USA [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193594
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-11-24 20:00:24Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia cespitosa. 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=193594 on 2013-05-22
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