Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862 
AphiaID: 133063

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		Clathria (Microciona) armata (Bowerbank, 1862)
Rank		Species
Parent		Microciona Bowerbank, 1862 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) Bowerbank, 1862
Sources		original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1862a. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part II. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 152(2): 747-829, pls XXVII-XXXV. [details] [full text] 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] additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [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] misapplication: Lévi, C. 1956b. Spongiaires de la région de Dakar. Bulletin de l’Institut français d’Afrique noire (A, Sciences naturelles) 18(2): 391-405. [details] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Senegalese Exclusive Economic Zone (not valid) [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] White Sea (not certain) [details]
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Links		Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection To ITIS
Notes		Lévi's (1956) record from Dakar is not correct as he describes and pictures the toxas as spined, whereas this is not the case in the type of Microciona armata. [details] Holotype: BMNH [details] Type locality: Great Britain [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133063
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2009-06-21 19:40:53Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862. 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=133063 on 2013-05-23