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Euspongia irregularis var. mollior (sensu Ridley, 1884) 
AphiaID: 493736

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Euspongia (Genus) > Euspongia irregularis (Species)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer and misidentification)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814
Rank Variety
Parent Euspongia irregularis Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) irregularis (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Sources  basis of record: Ridley, S.O. 1884a. Spongiida. Pp. 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54. In: Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert’, 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London). [details] [full text]

additional source: Topsent, E. 1897a. Spongiaires de la Baie d’Amboine. (Voyage de MM. M. Bedot et C. Pictet dans l’Archipel Malais). Revue suisse de Zoologie 4: 421-487, pls 18-21. [details] [full text]

additional source: Baar, R. 1904. Hornschwämme aus dem Pacific. Ergebnisse einer Reise nach dem Pacific, Schauinsland 1896 97. Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 19: 27-36. [details]

new combination reference: 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 Hawaii [details]
Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef [details]
Note  Ridley's (1884) North Australian record of Schmidt's (1862) Adriatic species Cacospongia mollior is obviously a mistake. Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994) suggested this to be a specimen of Spongia (Spongia) hispida. Lendenfeld (1889) also extended Schmidt's species to North Australia and the East Indies, as Euspongia irregularis var. mollior, which is likewise assignable to S. hispida. We asume without further study that Baar's (1904) record from Hawaii also concerns this species. Needless to say that these records all need further verification. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:493736
Taxonomic
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2010-08-06 18:21:38Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Euspongia irregularis var. mollior (sensu Ridley, 1884). 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=493736 on 2013-05-24
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