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Meyenia hungarica
Traxler, 1888
AphiaID
192418
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192418)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Heteroscleromorpha
(Subclass)
Spongillida
(Order)
Spongillidae
(Family)
Meyenia
(Genus)
Meyenia hungarica
(Species)
Status
unaccepted
(genus transfer and junior synonym)
Accepted name
Heteromeyenia stepanowii
(Dybowski, 1884)
Rank
Species
Parent
Meyenia
Carter, 1881
accepted as
Ephydatia
Lamouroux, 1816
Original name
Meyenia hungarica
Traxler, 1888
Environment
marine
,
brackish
, fresh,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
Traxler, L. 1888. Meyenia hungarica n.sp. Gyogysz Közlöny: 2.
[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.
Meyenia hungarica
Traxler, 1888. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=192418 on 2026-07-31
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
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2005-12-18 15:00:44Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-06-16 08:35:04Z
checked
van Soest, Rob W.M.
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original description
Traxler, L. 1888. Meyenia hungarica n.sp. Gyogysz Közlöny: 2.
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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