Plakina versatilis (Schmidt, 1880) 
AphiaID: 169750

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Homoscleromorpha (Class) > Homosclerophorida (Order) > Plakinidae (Family) > Plakina (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Plakina Schulze, 1880
Synonymised taxa		Corticium versatilis Schmidt, 1880 (genus transfer)
Sources		original description: Schmidt, O. 1880b. Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. In: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake’. (Gustav Fischer:Jena). [details] [full text] basis of record: Muricy, G.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Bézac, C.; Vacelet, J. 1998. Taxonomic revision of the Mediterranean Plakina Schulze (Porifera,Demospongiae, Homoscleromorpha). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 124: 169-203. [details] additional source: Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		type locality: Eastern Caribbean [details] Caribbean Sea [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Panama [details] United States part of the Gulf of Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Virgin Islands [details]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169750
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2005-09-09 16:45:37Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2010-01-31 13:28:51Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Plakina versatilis (Schmidt, 1880). 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=169750 on 2013-05-20