Tuba digitalis var. villosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 
AphiaID: 718934

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Haplosclerina (Suborder) > Callyspongiidae (Family) > Tuba (Genus) > Tuba digitalis (Species)

Status		unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Niphates digitalis (Lamarck, 1814)
Rank		Variety
Parent		Tuba digitalis (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Niphates digitalis (Lamarck, 1814)
Source		original description: Duchassaing De Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. 1864. Spongiaires de la mer Caraïbe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV. [details] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Saint Thomas [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:718934
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2013-02-11 14:24:35Z   created   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Tuba digitalis var. villosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864. 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=718934 on 2013-05-25