WoRMS taxon details
Spongia rubra Linnaeus, 1788
AphiaID: 597813
AphiaID: 597813
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Spongia (Genus) |
| Status | species inquirenda | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Spongia Linnaeus, 1759 | |||||||
| Source |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1788). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima tertia, aucta reformata. Cura J.F. Gmelin. G.E. Beer, Lipsiae 1(5-6):2225-3910. [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||
| Distribution | Northern and Central Red Sea [details] | |||||||
| Note |
Collected by Forsskal in Suez, fixed on a stone. Not certain that it is a sponge. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597813 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia rubra Linnaeus, 1788. 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=597813 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||
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