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Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) flabellifera (Bowerbank, 1877) 
AphiaID: 345176

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Irciniidae (Family) > Hircinia (Genus) > Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) (Subgenus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Record
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Accepted name  Carteriospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766)
Rank Species
Parent Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) Bowerbank, 1877 accepted as Carteriospongia Hyatt, 1877
Sources  original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1877. Descriptions of five new species of sponges discovered by A.B. Meyer on the Philippine Islands and New Guinea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 456-464. [details] [full text]

source of synonymy: 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 New Guinea [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345176
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2008-05-06 08:34:11Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Hircinia (Polyfibrospongia) flabellifera (Bowerbank, 1877). 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=345176 on 2013-05-23
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