Microciona ambigua Bowerbank, 1866 
AphiaID: 133061

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Microcionidae (Family) > Microcioninae (Subfamily) > Microciona (Genus)

Status		unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Plocamionida ambigua (Bowerbank, 1866)
Rank		Species
Typetaxon of		Plocamionida Topsent, 1927
Parent		Microciona Bowerbank, 1862 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) Bowerbank, 1862
Sources		original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1866a. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. (look up in IMIS) [details] [full text] basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Hymedesmiidae. In:Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera, a guide to the classification of sponges. Pp 575-593. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York. [details] [full text] 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]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Specimen		Holotype: BMNH 1930.7.3.227, locality Shetlands (on a piece of shell of Atrina fragilis (B. Picton in litteris)) [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) To PESI
Note		Please note that the lectotype designation of Microciona ambigua made by van Soest, 2002 (p. 590 and fig. 10) is wrong. The holotype described by Bowerbank was attached to a bivalve shell and is the specimen indicated as paralectotype by van Soest. Since there is no doubt from Bowerbank's description what the holotype comprised the lectotype and paralectype indications of van Soest are illegal and void. It is quite possible that the SEM images of the lectotype given by van Soest concern a different species, Plocamionida microcionides (Carter, 1876 as Hymeraphia). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133061
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2007-05-04 10:22:59Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2009-02-12 09:44:18Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Microciona ambigua Bowerbank, 1866. 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: 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 at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=133061 on 2013-05-24