Hippospongia derasa Ridley, 1884 
AphiaID: 165100

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Hippospongia (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Hippospongia Schulze, 1879
Source		original description: Ridley, S.O. 1884a. Spongiida. Pp. 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54. In: Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert’, 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London). [details] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef [details]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes		Holotype: BMNH [details] Type locality: N Australia [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165100
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2010-05-04 18:29:28Z   checked   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Hippospongia derasa Ridley, 1884. 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=165100 on 2013-05-25