Litaspongia de Laubenfels, 1954 
AphiaID: 184776

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

Status		unaccepted (junior synonym)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Clathria (Clathria) Schmidt, 1862
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Ophlitaspongia arbuscula Row, 1911 (type by original designation)
Parent		Microcioninae Carter, 1875
Sources		original description: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1954a. The Sponges of the West-Central Pacific. Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology 7: i-x, 1-306,pls I-XII. [details] [full text] basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 432-468. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] [full text]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Litaspongia arborea Tanita, 1968 accepted as Echinoclathria arborea (Tanita, 1968)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184776
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-12-12 17:12:35Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2006-01-02 15:31:04Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2006-02-08 18:57:09Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2008-11-22 11:56:23Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Litaspongia de Laubenfels, 1954. 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=184776 on 2013-05-23