WoRMS taxon details
Geodia contorta (Bowerbank, 1873)
AphiaID: 597235
AphiaID: 597235
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Geodiidae (Family) > Geodiinae (Subfamily) > Geodia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Geodia Lamarck, 1815 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Isops contorta (Bowerbank, 1873) (genus transfer) Pachymatisma contorta Bowerbank, 1873 (genus transfer) | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1873b. Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadae. Part V. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London1873: 319-333, pls XXVIII-XXXI. [details] [full text]
new combination reference: Cárdenas P, Xavier JR, Reveillaud J, Schander C, Rapp HT (2011) Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiae) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. PLoS ONE 6(4) , available online at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0018318 [details] [full text] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Distribution | Fiji (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Fiji Islands [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597235 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Boury-Esnault, N. (2013). Geodia contorta (Bowerbank, 1873). 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=597235 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||
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