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Amorphina caspia var. incrassata Czerniavsky, 1880

1632023  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1632023)

 unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Czerniavsky, V. (1880 [1879]). Spongiae littorales Pontis Euxini et maris Caspii. Continuatio. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 54 (3): 88-128, 228-320, pls I-IV [In Russian].
page(s): 93 [details] OpenAccess publication
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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Amorphina caspia var. incrassata Czerniavsky, 1880. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1632023 on 2026-04-30
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2023-01-24 12:25:34Z
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original description Czerniavsky, V. (1880 [1879]). Spongiae littorales Pontis Euxini et maris Caspii. Continuatio. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 54 (3): 88-128, 228-320, pls I-IV [In Russian].
page(s): 93 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 47 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy Koltun, V.M. (1962). On sponges (Porifera) of the Caspian Sea. <em>Zoologichesky Zhurnal Moskva.</em> 41 10): 1469-1476. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Synonymy Koltun (1962) revised the Caspian sponge fauna and concluded that this isolated ancient lake harbors only a single species, Metschnikowia tuberculata Grimm, 1877. The present forma is a junior synonym. [details]


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