Ophlitaspongia fucoides (Bowerbank, 1876) 
AphiaID: 709026

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

Status		unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Protosuberites epiphytum (Lamarck, 1815)
Rank		Species
Typetaxon of		Terpiosella Burton, 1930
Parent		Ophlitaspongia Bowerbank, 1866
Sources		original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1876b. Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadae. Part VIII. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London1876: 768-775, pls LXXVIII-LXXXI. [details] [full text] basis of record: Burton, M. 1930d. Additions to the Sponge Fauna of the Gulf of Manaar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10) 5 (30): 665-676. [details] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Shark Bay [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:709026
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2012-10-19 10:37:36Z   created   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Ophlitaspongia fucoides (Bowerbank, 1876). 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=709026 on 2013-05-24