WoRMS name details
Malacosaccus unguiculatus var. arctica Burton, 1928
708965 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:708965)
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Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Burton, M. (1928). Hexactinellida. <em>Danish Ingolf Expedition.</em> 6 (4): 1-18. [details] 
Nomenclature The variety name arctica was changed to the subspecies name arcticus to meet the demand of agreement in gender of genus...
Taxonomic remark Varieties erected before 1961 are deemed to be of subspecies rank (ICZN art. 45.6.4). Tabachnick (2014) considered the...
Nomenclature The variety name arctica was changed to the subspecies name arcticus to meet the demand of agreement in gender of genus names and names of the (sub)species ranks. [details]
Taxonomic remark Varieties erected before 1961 are deemed to be of subspecies rank (ICZN art. 45.6.4). Tabachnick (2014) considered the...
Taxonomic remark Varieties erected before 1961 are deemed to be of subspecies rank (ICZN art. 45.6.4). Tabachnick (2014) considered the present variety as a valid subspecies. [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Malacosaccus unguiculatus var. arctica Burton, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=708965 on 2026-05-14
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Nomenclature
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Burton, M. (1928). Hexactinellida. <em>Danish Ingolf Expedition.</em> 6 (4): 1-18. [details]
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context source (Deepsea)
Tabachnick, K.R. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Porifera. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 231–239., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.21 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Nomenclature The variety name arctica was changed to the subspecies name arcticus to meet the demand of agreement in gender of genus names and names of the (sub)species ranks. [details]Taxonomic remark Varieties erected before 1961 are deemed to be of subspecies rank (ICZN art. 45.6.4). Tabachnick (2014) considered the present variety as a valid subspecies. [details]
