WoRMS taxon details
Xestospongia exigua (Kirkpatrick, 1900)
AphiaID: 221086
AphiaID: 221086
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Petrosina (Suborder) > Petrosiidae (Family) > Xestospongia (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (genus transfer) | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Neopetrosia exigua (Kirkpatrick, 1900) | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Xestospongia de Laubenfels, 1932 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Kirkpatrick, R. 1900a. On the Sponges of Christmas Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900: 127-141, pls XII-XIII. [details] [full text]
additional source: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Bergquist, P.R. 1965. The Sponges of Micronesia, Part I. The Palau Archipelago. Pacific Science 19(2): 123-204. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Anakao [details] Christmas Island [details] Inhaca Island [details] Malindi [details] Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Quirimba Archipelago [details] Zanzibar [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description of Western Indian Ocean specimens: Irregular branches, fingers or blades arising from a spreading base. Size extremely variable; surface irregular with scattered oscules, 2-3 mm in diameter. Body just compressible, crumbly, velvety and very sticky when crushed. Surface rich golden brown, pinkish-orange tinges below surface; light brown or cream within. Habitat: shallow lagoons, fringing reefs. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221086 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Xestospongia exigua (Kirkpatrick, 1900). 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=221086 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||||||||
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