Chondrocladia gigantea (Hansen, 1885) 
AphiaID: 593238

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Cladorhizidae (Family) > Chondrocladia (Genus)

Status		alternate representation (subgenus assignment)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) gigantea (Hansen, 1885)
Rank		Species
Parent		Chondrocladia Thomson, 1873
Sources		original description: Hansen, G.A. 1885. Spongiadae. The Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition 1876-1878. Zoology 13: 1-26, pls I-VII, 1 map. [details] [full text] additional source: Lundbeck, W. (1905). Porifera. (Part II.) Desmacidonidae (pars.).Pp. 1-219, pls I-XX. In: The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 6(2). (BiancoLuno: Copenhagen.) [details] [full text] additional source: Tendal, O.S.; Barthel, D. 1993. Chondrocladia gigantea (Demospongiae) - the Giant Clubsponge of the North Atlantic. Deep-Sea Newsletter 20: 12-14. [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		South and West Iceland [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:593238
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2012-01-03 18:24:47Z   created   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Chondrocladia gigantea (Hansen, 1885). 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=593238 on 2013-05-20