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Polysiphonia Pomel, 1872 sensu Levinsen, 1893 
AphiaID: 573261

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Haplosclerina (Suborder) > Chalinidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (junior synonym)
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Accepted name  Haliclona (Haliclona) Grant, 1836
Rank Genus
Parent Chalinidae Gray, 1867
Source  original description: Levinsen, G.M.R., 1893. Annulata, Hydroidae, Anthozoa Porifera. - Det videnskabelige udbytte af Kanonbaader "Hauchs" Togter i de Danske have idenfor Skagen i aarene 1883-86 : 317-427. [details] [full text]

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Species Polysiphonia mucronalis Levinsen, 1893 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) urceolus (Rathke & Vahl, 1806)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Note  Polysiphonia is a genus name for fossil sponges (used twice, Pomel, 1872 and Finks, 1995, and was also proposed for corals (see Herwig, 1882), and hydroids (see Lendenfeld, 1885). The use of this name by Levinsen appears to be for a sponge of the genus Haliclona.  [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:573261
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2011-05-26 07:26:28Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Polysiphonia Pomel, 1872 sensu Levinsen, 1893. 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=573261 on 2013-05-21
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