WoRMS name details
Paraspongia Carter, 1885
164989 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164989)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (incertae sedis)
Genus
Paraspongia laxa Carter, 1885 (type by monotypy)
- Species Paraspongia paraspongia (Lendenfeld, 1889) accepted as Paraspongia laxa Carter, 1885 (unjustified emendation)
- Species Paraspongia laxa Carter, 1885 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, incertae sedis)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 15(88): 301-321. [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. Paraspongia Carter, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164989 on 2025-05-02
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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Nomenclature
original description
Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 15(88): 301-321. [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details]
