Spongia tubulifera var. osculata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 
AphiaID: 719503

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Spongia (Genus) > Spongia tubulifera (Species)

Status		unaccepted (junior synonym)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814
Rank		Variety
Parent		Spongia tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 represented as Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814
Sources		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] additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. 1983b. Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam 9(21): 189-205. [details] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Virgin Islands part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
Note		No extant type material. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:719503
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2013-02-18 15:40:38Z   created   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia tubulifera var. osculata 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=719503 on 2013-05-25