WoRMS taxon details
Euplectella mammillaris (Mueller, 1806)
AphiaID: 576809
AphiaID: 576809
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Hexactinellida (Class) > Hexasterophora (Subclass) > Lyssacinosida (Order) > Euplectellidae (Family) > Euplectellinae (Subfamily) > Euplectella (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym) | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Accepted name | Polymastia penicillus (Montagu, 1818) | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Euplectella Owen, 1841 | |||||||
| Source |
new combination reference: Bowerbank, J.S. 1861 (1860). List of British sponges. Pp. 235-236 In: McAndrew, R. (Ed.), List of the British marine invertebratefauna. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 30. [details] [full text]
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||
| Distribution | United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||
| Note |
This was only a given as a name, without description. Presumably, Bowerbank meant the species we now know as Polymastia penicillus. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:576809 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Euplectella mammillaris (Mueller, 1806). 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=576809 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||
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