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Spongia officinalis mediterranea Hyatt, 1877 
AphiaID: 195732

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Spongia (Genus) > Spongia officinalis (Species)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (junior synonym)
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status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
Rank Subspecies
Parent Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 represented as Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
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]

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Variety Spongia officinalis mediterranea var. tubuliformis Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
Variety Spongia officinalis mediterranea var. zimocciformis Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Croatian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note  Type locality: Mediterranan [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:195732
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Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-05-19 10:23:56Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia officinalis mediterranea 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=195732 on 2013-06-19
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