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Aulospongus viridans
Turner & Pankey, 2023
Aulospongus viridans
AphiaID
1634824
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1634824)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Heteroscleromorpha
(Subclass)
Axinellida
(Order)
Raspailiidae
(Family)
Raspailiinae
(Subfamily)
Aulospongus
(Genus)
Aulospongus viridans
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Aulospongus
Norman, 1878
Original name
Aulospongus viridans
Turner & Pankey, 2023
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Original description
Turner, T.L.; Pankey, M.S. (2023). The order Axinellida (Porifera: Demospongiae) in California. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5230 (5): 501-539.
,
available online at
http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DEDE2667-28DA-426F-92C5-92A8B548CAA5
page(s): 519–520
[details]
Available for editors
[request]
Type data
Holotype
CAS CASIZ 236515, geounit Southern California...
Holotype
CAS CASIZ 236515, geounit Southern California Bight
[details]
Taxonomic citation
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.
Aulospongus viridans
Turner & Pankey, 2023. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1634824 on 2026-08-02
Taxonomic edit history
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original description
Turner, T.L.; Pankey, M.S. (2023). The order Axinellida (Porifera: Demospongiae) in California. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5230 (5): 501-539.
,
available online at
http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DEDE2667-28DA-426F-92C5-92A8B548CAA5
page(s): 519–520
[details]
Available for editors
[request]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Holotype
CAS CASIZ 236515, geounit Southern California Bight
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Definitions
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aulospongus viridans)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
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Aulospongus viridans
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