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Hippospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
AphiaID: 165107

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Hippospongia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Hippospongia Schulze, 1879
Synonymised
taxa
  Hippiospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (genus transfer)
Hippospongia dentata (Hyatt, 1877) (genus transfer)
Spongia dentata Hyatt, 1877 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia equina gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (genus transfer)
Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (genus transfer)
Spongia gossypina alba Hyatt, 1877 (junior synonym)
Spongia gossypina dendritica Hyatt, 1877 (junior synonym)
Spongia gossypina porosa Hyatt, 1877 (junior synonym)
Spongia lapidescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia lapidescens dentata Hyatt, 1877 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia lapidescens intermedia Hyatt, 1877 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia lapidescens tetheaformis Hyatt, 1877 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia lapidescens turrita Hyatt, 1877 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia lapidescens typica Hyatt, 1877 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Duchassaing De Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. 1864. Spongiaires de la mer Caraïbe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1978. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 56 (179): 1–94. [details] [full text]

additional source: Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

original description (from synonym): Hyatt, A. 1877. Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

additional source (from synonym): Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. 1983b. Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam 9(21): 189-205. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

new combination reference (from synonym): Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936a. A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper N° 467) 30: 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Bahamian [details]
Bermuda [details]
Bermudian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Cuba [details]
Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Eastern Caribbean [details]
Floridian [details]
Greater Antilles [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Northern Gulf of Mexico [details]
Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Virgin Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimens  Paralectotype (from synonym): ZMA Por. 02087, locality Eastern Caribbean (Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas) [view taxon]
Lectotype (from synonym): MSNT Por. 96, locality Greater Antilles (Virgin Islands, Vieques) [view taxon]
Lectotype (from synonym): MSNT Por. 108, locality Greater Antilles (Virgin Islands, Vieques) [view taxon]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
To ITIS
Images 
Spongia gossypina lectotype specimen
[image from synonym]
Spongia gossypina lectotype specimen
added on 2013-02-18 - author: van Soest, Rob
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2013-02-18 21:25:57

Spongia gossypina paralectotype specimen
[image from synonym]
Spongia gossypina paralectotype specimen
added on 2013-02-18 - author: van Soest, Rob
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2013-02-18 21:28:53

Spongia lapidescens lectotype specimen
[image from synonym]
Spongia lapidescens lectotype specimen
added on 2013-02-19 - author: van Soest, Rob
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2013-02-19 14:39:45
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165107
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-05-04 18:29:28Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Hippospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864). 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=165107 on 2013-06-19
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