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Hircinia gigantea Lendenfeld, 1889 
AphiaID: 345174

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Irciniidae (Family) > Hircinia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Ircinia irregularis (Poléjaeff, 1884)
Rank Species
Parent Hircinia Nardo, 1834 accepted as Ircinia Nardo, 1833
Source  original description: Lendenfeld, R. Von 1889a. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges.(Trübner and Co.: London): iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution North Australia [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345174
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2008-05-06 08:34:11Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Hircinia gigantea Lendenfeld, 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=345174 on 2013-05-22
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