WoRMS taxon details
Spongia lignea Hyatt, 1877
AphiaID: 193796
AphiaID: 193796
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Spongia (Genus) |
| Status | alternate representation (subgenus assignment) | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Accepted name | Spongia (Spongia) lignea Hyatt, 1877 | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Spongia Linnaeus, 1759 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
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]
basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. Pp. 1-620. In: Wells, A. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. (CSIRO: Melbourne)., available online at http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist#selected [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Variety Spongia lignea var. arborescens Hyatt, 1877 represented as Spongia (Spongia) lignea arborescens Hyatt, 1877 (alternate representation, subgenus assignment) Variety Spongia lignea var. crassa Hyatt, 1877 represented as Spongia (Spongia) lignea crassa Hyatt, 1877 (alternate representation, subgenus assignment) Variety Spongia lignea var. hawaiiensis Hyatt, 1877 represented as Spongia (Spongia) lignea hawaiiensis Hyatt, 1877 (alternate representation, subgenus assignment) Variety Spongia lignea var. levis Hyatt, 1877 represented as Spongia (Spongia) lignea levis Hyatt, 1877 (alternate representation, subgenus assignment) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||
| Link | To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Holotype: Ac.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia [details] Type locality: Sydney, NSW [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:193796 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia lignea 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=193796 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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