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Halichondria parasitica (Montagu, 1818) 
AphiaID: 236400

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Halichondria (Genus)
Status alternate representation (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Record
status
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Accepted name  Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
Rank Species
Parent Halichondria Fleming, 1828
Sources  original description: Montagu, G. 1818. An Essay on Sponges, with Descriptions of all the Species that have been discovered on the Coast of Great Britain. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 2(1): 67-122, pls III-XVI. [details] [full text]

new combination reference: Arndt, W. 1935. Porifera. In: Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee. 3a (27).(Leipzig): 1-140. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution North East Atlantic [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236400
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2007-01-17 11:55:56Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Halichondria parasitica (Montagu, 1818). 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=236400 on 2013-05-23
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