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Porifera name details

Halichondria birotulata Higgin, 1877

191366 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191366)

alternative representation (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Higgin, T. (1877). Description of some Sponges obtained during a Cruise of the Steam-Yacht ‘Argo' in the Caribbean and neighbouring Seas. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 19: 291-299, pl. XIV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937708682143
page(s): 296-299; pl XIV fig 11-15 [details] OpenAccess publication
Holotype  BMNH 1877.3.9.1, geounit Greater Antilles  
Holotype BMNH 1877.3.9.1, geounit Greater Antilles [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Halichondria birotulata Higgin, 1877. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=191366 on 2026-08-13
Date
action
by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z
created
2007-05-24 18:13:03Z
changed
2015-10-01 19:29:44Z
changed
2018-07-09 14:43:58Z
changed

original description Higgin, T. (1877). Description of some Sponges obtained during a Cruise of the Steam-Yacht ‘Argo' in the Caribbean and neighbouring Seas. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 19: 291-299, pl. XIV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937708682143
page(s): 296-299; pl XIV fig 11-15 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Rützler, K.; Maldonado. M.; Piantoni, C.; Riesgo, A. (2007). <i>Iotrochota</i> revisited: a new sponge and review of species from the western tropical Atlantic (Poecilosclerida: Iotrochotidae). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 21: 173-185., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is06040
page(s): 175 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype BMNH 1877.3.9.1, geounit Greater Antilles [details]


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