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Spongia officinalis var. arabica Keller, 1889 
AphiaID: 196015

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Spongia (Genus) > Spongia officinalis (Species)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (rank elevation)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Spongia (Spongia) arabica Keller, 1889
Rank Variety
Parent Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 represented as Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
Sources  original description: Keller, C. 1889. Die Spongienfauna des rothen Meeres (I. Hälfte). Z. wiss. Zool. 48: 311-405, pls XX-XXV (look up in IMIS) [details] [full text]

additional source: Lévi, C. 1958. Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la ‘Calypso’.Campagne 1951-1952 en Mer Rouge (suite). 11. Spongiaires de Mer Rouge recueillis par la ‘Calypso’ (1951-1952). Annales de l’Institut océanographique 34(3): 3-46. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Red Sea [details]
Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196015
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-22 12:50:24Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-20 14:16:41Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia officinalis var. arabica Keller, 1889. 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=196015 on 2013-05-26
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