BeRMS taxon details

Leucosolenia Bowerbank, 1864 
AphiaID: 131715

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Porifera > Calcarea > Calcaronea > Leucosolenida > Leucosoleniidae
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Leucosoleniidae Minchin, 1900
Sources  original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1864a. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. (look up in IMIS) [details] [full text]

additional source: Kelly, M. (2009). Demospongiae, Calcarea (Porifera). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English branching ball-sponge  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Leucosolenia complicata (Montagu, 1818)
Species Leucosolenia variabilis (Haeckel, 1870)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution South Africa (country) [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131715
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2007-07-23 07:07:15Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Leucosolenia Bowerbank, 1864. 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: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131715 on 2013-05-23
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