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Amorphina couchii (Bowerbank, 1874) 
AphiaID: 236313

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Amorphina (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
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Accepted name  Haliclona (Gellius) fibulata (Schmidt, 1862)
Rank Species
Parent Amorphina Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828
Sources  original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1874b. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII. (look up in IMIS[details]

new combination reference: Topsent, E. 1887(1888). Contribution à l’étude des Clionides. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale (2) 5 bis: 1-165, pls I-VII. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution United Kingdom [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236313
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Date   action   by
2007-01-11 12:10:57Z  created  de Haas, Henk
2007-08-24 14:11:24Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Amorphina couchii (Bowerbank, 1874). 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=236313 on 2013-05-23
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