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Ophlitaspongia pennata var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932

408726  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:408726)

 unaccepted (junior synonym)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1932). The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 81 (2927):1-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.81-2927.1
page(s): 103-104 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  USNM 21475, geounit Northern California  
Holotype USNM 21475, geounit Northern California [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. Ophlitaspongia pennata var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=408726 on 2026-06-06
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original description Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1932). The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 81 (2927):1-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.81-2927.1
page(s): 103-104 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Sim, C.J.; Bakus, G.J. (1986). Marine Sponges of Santa Catalina Island, California. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 5: 1-23.
page(s): 10 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Sim, C.J.; Byeon, H.S. 1989. A systematic study on the marine sponges in Korea. 9. Ceractinomorpha. The Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 5 (1): 33-57.
page(s): 37 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Bakus, G.J.; Green, K.D. (1987). The distribution of marine sponges collected from 1876-1978 Bureau of Land Management Southern California Bight Program. <em>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 86 (2): 57-88.
page(s): 73 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bakus, G.J. (1966). Marine poeciloscleridan sponges of the San Juan Archipelago, Washington. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 149: 415-531, pls I-II., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1966.tb02994.x
page(s): 437-440 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 21475, geounit Northern California [details]


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