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Halichondria albescens sensu Johnston, 1842 
AphiaID: 132580

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Halichondria (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Halichondria Fleming, 1828
Sources  original description: Johnston, G. 1842. A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes.(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh): i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV. [details] [full text]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Celtic Seas [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
United Kingdom [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
Note  Incertae sedis. Halichondria? This is a junior homonym of Halichondria albescens Rafinesque, 1818 (which is a junior synonym of H. (H.) panicea). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132580
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2007-09-06 12:12:57Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Halichondria albescens sensu Johnston, 1842. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132580 on 2013-05-23
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